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After a long winter when the snows begin to melt and the breeze smells sweeter - spring is in the air. It is when the days are warmer and nights still cold that the maple sap runs in the sugar woods. Sugaring season is a busy time for up-east Vermonters. Steam rising from sugarhouse roofs and the smell of sap boiling into maple syrup are March opportunities.
In April, the wildflowers begin to push through the forest floor and bloom while the buds swell on the trees and shrubs. Green takes over the grays and browns. Spring peepers (woodland frogs) sing their songs on warm evenings and after the first ok-a-lee of the red winged blackbird is heard in the wetlands the songbirds return to nest. Honking Vs of geese travel overhead as the partridge (ruffed grouse) drums on the hollow log in the wood. Nature wakes up from its winter sleep.
As the days lengthen and the sun is warmer, country auctions, fleas markets, and antique shops dot the by-ways. Backyard vegetable and flower gardens spring up and farmers keep busy with spring's work.
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