The adage says that March goes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb, but given this weird winter the opposite was true. Albeit the lion that departed this morning was more like a lamb.
And no one is surprised.
In fact the weather pundits have been hyping the storm all week. Accumulations have ranged from 4 to 8 inches, 2 to 4 inches, before finally settling on 3 to 5 inches.
In an effort to hype the storm, one reporter visited a hardware store only to learn that it sold just one container of ice melt and one shovel.
A few flakes started falling around 10 p.m. and even by 1:30 a.m. the storm was still pretty half-hearted. However, in the few hours that followed, a wet, heavy snow coated the branches and by 5 a.m., it was a certifiable winter wonderland.
The town green looked more like Christmas than Easter.
Roads were coated, but a quick pass of the plows produced wet pavement. Branford Hill at 5:30 a.m. was simply wet as well.
School openings were delayed by 90 minutes as a precaution.
Photographer Mary Johnson was out at 7 a.m. as the storm was winding down..
While the shoreline was enveloped in snow, there were indeed harbingers of spring…
Picnic tables at Haycock Point.
Kayaks upended at Sunset Beach Road.
Lobster buoys
A tidy shed … with garden tools inside? … at Summer Island Road.
Dramatic tree, made even more dramatic by the snow, along Linden Avenue.
Geese hanging out along Haycock Point Road.
White fence, pilar w/ropes at Sunset Beach Road
By 8 a.m. the last of the flakes had fallen, leaving the trees and wires coated heavily with snow. But it didn’t last. Almost immediately, as the sun came out, they unloaded their burden.
The sky turned blue. It was a beautiful morning at Branford Point. What a difference a few hours make.
As for the rest of the week? How does 70 degrees by Wednesday sound?
By then this boat will be ready to go.
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Beautiful photos Mary Johnson! The early bird gets the photo's!