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SPRING HOME & GARDEN
In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb
Spring on the Cape arrives with some hesitancy as though not quite sure of itself. March comes with the cold winter winds still prowling the desolate beach dunes. Warm afternoons turn the frozen ground to mud and nurture the buds sitting patiently on the trees poised to bloom. Spring brings rain, dousing the earth and our garden beds. Soft fogs roll in as air and water meet without agreement on temperature. Slowly the days warm, until one day we find spring here to stay and summer unfolding around it.
For Cape Cod, this is the season where we welcome back those who call this place home. Not just the human residents, but also the migratory animals that dwell here, whether for a day or for a season. Ospreys begin piling up on last year’s nests ready to rear the next generation. Fish of all manner from stripers to sharks begin patrolling the waters offshore. Spring peepers emerge and begin their nightly chorus.
Nights are still cool, and after a day out-of-doors in the spring sun, it’s not unusual for us still to relax at the end of the day in front of the fire. The last frosts will come and go, and we can get seeds in the ground ready for that early harvest.
Spring, with all its varying moods, welcomes us back outside.
John H. Hough