We received yet another snowfall yesterday. The northeast is on track for a record winter snowfall-wise. I’m not sure our little town is near its records, but up in northern New England, they are getting buried. One town in Maine is over 140 inches and there are weeks to go.
Such is our fate, so the climate models are predicting. Snowier winters and drier summers will increasingly become the norm for New England.
Our river, the Assabet, went to flood stage a week or so ago after snow and rains piled on for a few days. Not so long ago winter in my backyard had the river running slowly and nearly frozen across. In recent years it looks more like the spring thaw - in February.
With luck, in a few weeks time, we’ll be putting our kayaks in the river and start to paddle our way into spring.