Birch Ridge Inn covered in spring snow.

Birch Ridge Inn covered in spring snow.

The ski resort closed for the winter season last weekend. Most businesses in town have shut down during the winter-summer hiatus. The inn is still open for lodging, as Mary and I live here...but our restaurant is closed for a few weeks. And now this!!!!

We did not get any measurable snow at Killington in the last 6 weeks, when it would have made a real difference to the ski season...I have switched my personal focus from skiing to golf...I have changed the inn's website,birchridge.com, from focusing on Winter to Summer...(I did that yesterday)... so last night down from the sky falls 6 to 12 inches of snow all around the town of Killington.

It's actually quite funny. And having called New England my home for most of my life, it is actually quite an ordinary event. Spring snow is often called "poor mans fertilizer" because of the nitrogen it brings down to the ground. So I guess the bright side in all of this is that when it melts over the weekend (temperatures are predicted to be in the 70's), the golf courses will really look nice...

"You can't fool Mother Nature" but we can "Think Spring".