There is open water up-River — or, ‘way-up’ — ie, south of The Hospital. Nothing seems to be moving anywhere fast. I’m told that there still is lots of ice in The Bay. The ice here in The River has no place to go. It just sits there — melting. One of these days, however, it will be gone. Some people had predicted that breakup would be complete by May 1. It still could happen. But it’s getting close. We’ve had alerts — but nothing serious. The authorities are just watching The River — carefully — as they do at this time every year. Parishioners tell me: “It’s boring this year. That’s just the way we like it.”
There were bears in the back yards Friday night around 7 PM — when all the kids were out and playing. This was going on close to where I live, but I saw no bears. I suspect that if we get more reports of bears roaming in the back yards there will be numerous young gentlemen roaming The Island with rifles. Bears in the dump are one thing. But bears in Granny’s back yard are something completely different.