BLOSSOMS: In the name of safety, Washington, D.C., isn’t welcoming droves of people to view its famous cherry blossoms this year.

But just like so many other activities in the past year, you can experience the blooms right from the comfort of your home computer. There is a “Bloom Cam” and plenty of pics on the event’s website, https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/bloom-watch/

If you check out the website, you can even see photographs of artist-painted cherry blossom statues that have been installed in Washington, D.C., Maryland’s National Harbor and two neighborhoods in Virginia. Neat.

The organizers of D.C.’s annual cherry festival announced Sunday that the trees are now in full bloom.

The festival, which includes both virtual and personal elements this year, is being held from March 20-April 11. The National Park Service is limiting the number of vehicles and pedestrians that can enter the D.C. area parks during this time due to COVID.

But the experience of viewing photos on the screen is nothing compared to experiencing nature in person.

Before we know it the trees will be in bloom right here in Bradford. We’ll be glad to wait until then, when we can walk outside, feel the sun and wind on skins and listen to the sounds of birds in the trees.

We won’t miss the traffic of Washington, D.C., either.

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SNOW: We weren’t happy, but weren’t surprised, to wake up to snow on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, snow is possible Wednesday and Thursday, too.

After all, March isn’t quite done with us yet. We remember years where we saw a few snowflakes in June.