Bangor Maine, May Showers Brings June Flowers

Wait a minute?? I thought it was April shower…..

Well in normal parts of the world April showers do, in fact, bring May flowers. Living in Downeast Maine Spring always comes a bit later than most people and even though we still use the well known phrase “April Showers Brings May Flowers” it really isn’t that true. Some Springs come early but as an average rule, living all my life in Maine it would best be described as “May Showers Brings June Flowers”.

I remember every year May being rain showers and overcast almost all month. Then one day in the first part of June the sun comes out and you know what that brings? Skeeters!

We aren’t quite as bad as Alaska the land of 2 seasons “Snow and Skeeters” but we aren’t that far off really.

This Sunday we planned a lot of time outside getting the yard cleaned up more. We spent time raking last weekend but this was the weekend where we got out the outdoor furniture, got things organized and even took a trip to the Home Depot to get us some cool new stuff for the Summer. Even a nice steak or some chicken on the grill for an early dinner. But nooooo..

Woke up this morning to rain. Rain is in the forecast until Thursday. Lovely..

I can probably count on it raining for the next 3 to 4 weeks before the skeeters come out…