A friend recently told me that her mother used to say that "February was not necessary".  Despite being a mild February for Maine, I will be glad when March arrives this week.  Last month was also mild except for the two brutal storms on January 10 and 13th.  Both storms, just a few days apart, were basically cat 1 hurricanes.  We had roof damage and we lost a few feet of shoreline from the tidal surge of both storms.

We spent last weekend in southern Maine and drove home yesterday on a clear, sunny but cold day.  Soon, we are off to Austin, Texas to see the newest grandchild.  It will be a direct flight from Boston, but getting to Boston from here will be a tough choice.  I really don't want to drive, Cape Air is sold out, so that leaves Concord Coach.  Is looking like the Coach will be the choice.  The next Auburn trip will have to be squeezed in sometime in April or May.

We were last in Auburn for New Years.  It was a great trip with warm weather.  Our son Paul brought his two year old son, Henry, from Texas.  Sally's entire family was there too.

Last summer, I had the firmware in the Nikon D5 upgraded to accept the new memory cards that replaced the XQD cards that the camera has now.  The newer cards are extremely fast but very expensive.  Maybe I will get some later this year.  Eventually, I plan to switch that camera to RAW.  My home computer will not handle the RAW files from the D5 so I have to shoot in JPEG.

I think tomorrow will be a bit warmer with temps in the forties.  But Wednesday looks like rain followed by a temperature drop on Thursday.  The groundhog predicted a short winter - hope he was correct.