Spring???

 Spring is slow in coming to the island.  Our weather system is a battle between the Gulf Stream and the prevailing systems from the Southwest.  It is a roller coaster season.

This past weekend, Easter Weekend, the busiest pre-season weekend for tourism, saw the Hatteras Ferry shut down from Saturday until Tuesday due to weather shoaling of the channel and high winds.  People who were on Ocracoke for the week before Easter could not get off the island until Tuesday and people planning to arrive on Saturday had to turn round me go home.  Fortunately we were home until Tuesday.

Our little garden is growing, though.  The asparagus patch has given us three batches of asparagus.  The first lettuce will be ready to eat by this weekend.  The corn is about six inches high, and the onions and garlic are growing.

Our irises are also in full bloom.  Most of them came from Trish’s mother, so, they are especially valued by us.