As I had mentioned a few columns back, this first full week in May is the start of spring for me. And what a start it has been: Bluebells hit peak bloom, a full moon greeted us with bats feeding under ...

Unpredictable April seemed cloudy this year. Some folks I know grumbled about it, saying they felt robbed out of spring. They expected consecutive warm sunny days designed to make them feel alive.

It is a bit difficult to call any April normal after the springs we’ve had in recent years, but what we experienced this year would qualify as unique. During the first half of the month we recorded a ...