This morning, I woke up to the sounds of robins as they sang their spring (and perhaps) rain songs.

At first there was some sunshine, but now the clouds are moving in. The smaller branches on the trees are moving just ever so slightly, and I can hear the sweet sounds of the chimes that hang from the patio.

Most of the winter snow has melted, but this morning there’s a dusting of snow that covers everything. It’s a typical spring morning in Moffat County.

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What’s so “typical” about our spring weather anyway? That is what’s on my mind this morning:

• The only thing predictable about the weather in April and May is that it’s unpredictable. One day it’s sunny and warm; the next day is filled with squalls of snow and rain. Sometimes all of this happens on one day. Up and down, up and down.

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• The initial winter snow has mostly melted, depending on elevation, but even here at Pipi’s Pasture, some drifts still remain.

• The lane leading into the house is relatively firm this year, but that is usually not the case; water accumulates in a low spot, and I have to drive through it.

• Each day, weather forecasters promise “just one more day” of cold and storm before it’s warm and dry.

• You can tell who lives in the county by the amount of mud on their cars.

• My shoes, the mats in the car, and the rugs on the front porch are covered with dried mud, mixed with dried-up leaves and twigs.

• Now that the snow is melting off, I’m finding cat pans, artificial flowers, twigs, papers and other stuff that has blown all over the lawns and elsewhere — a mess to clean up.

• The outside cats enjoy running across the lawn, tackling one another, climbing trees and rolling around on the ground.

• Expectant mother cats spend time running back and forth to the stock trailers, and some of the, perhaps not “expectant” anymore, may be tending to litters of kittens.

• The cows are not in such good humor on the stormy days; they especially dislike having the wind blow between their ears.

• It isn’t unusual to find baby calves under machinery where they find shelter but then need help getting back out.

• Skunks leave their scent after nightly visits to the cat food pans and after stirring around in the flower pots filled with last year’s soil.

• The lawns are getting green.

• The family Easter egg hunt had to be rescheduled for a couple of weeks. Guess when it will storm?

There are some variances from year to year, but this is a pretty typical spring for Moffat County, and we’re grateful for the moisture.