We went the entire winter here in my part of Texas without any real snow. And what we did get melted and was gone so fast it was practically like we never got any in the first place.

And then I went to Maine in the middle of March and there were piles of old snow pushed over into the corners of parking lots. Shady sides of things had snow. There was even new (soft, fluffy, beautiful) snow one day. But in general, it was the start of mud season, an aptly-named season if there ever was one.

near Arrowsic, Maine
photographed 3.17.2026