Mud Season

In reading a number of regional publications, I have been reminded that Maine enjoys an extra season that the rest of us miss out on. Going on right now, it is called "mud season" and it is just as icky as the name implies.

Apparently there is some debate that it is more frost heave season, but as ugly as the name is, "mud" does imply warmer temperatures. This is the time of year that even the natives want to be elsewhere - even more than during the harsh, seemingly endless winter. Now THAT is saying something.

As I am a summer rusticator, I have never had the pleasure of experiencing mud season, and the more I hear about it the less likely I am to ever experience it.

Fine by me. Curmudgeons don't need something else to complain about.