April is here, and we can cross our collective fingers that the deepest of the snows are behind us. Wow! What a snow season. As of last month, the town has welcomed more than 13 feet of snow, and we all know April snow (count) brings May flows. So I went out to Lake Mary last week. The running water from Upper to Lower Lake Mary was gorgeous. For years, Lower Lake Mary has been, basically, a giant pond (or dry field) of weeds, but now, both upper and lower are gorgeous sparkling lakes. And that’s especially significant since Upper Lake Mary serves as Flagstaff’s main surface-water reservoir. Lots of people parked near the dam where the water flew over the brim, and many simply stared. So in awe were they to see the lake more than full for the first time in decades. Smart phones were snapping.
As the frozen white begins to thaw, I’m sure sandbags will become our good friends as flooding moves back into some neighborhoods. Still, it is finally, wonderfully, spring. New birds are flying into town, some on the way to somewhere else � like the evening grosbeaks that last month dropped by to snack on sunflower seeds from my feeder and to chirp hello to the resident sparrows and house finches.
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