Easter came and went quietly, unmarked by much of the traditional pre-summer bustle, but with a lifting influence that was noticeable everywhere.

From the track to the tennis courts, the lacrosse fields to the baseball and softball diamonds, to the ocean waters, spring sports is firing on all cylinders.

Maundy/Holy Thursday, April 17

Federated Church of Martha’s Vineyard, 45 South Summer street, Edgartown, service 7 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church, corner of Woodlawn and William streets in Vineyard Haven, community meal, 6 p.m.; liturgy and stripping of the altar 7 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 34 N Summer street, foot washing and stripping of the altar, Edgartown, 7 p.m.

United Methodist Church, 40 Trinity Park, Oak Bluffs, 7 p.m.

First Congregational Church of West Tisbury, 1051 State Road, Tenebrae service, 7:30 p.m.

Maple trees are rolling out the red carpet.

The Chappy Community Center spring clean-up is scheduled for Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whether you can spend the whole time or just pop in for 30 minutes, your help would be so appreciated.

Some brightly colored birds (orioles, tanagers and grosbeaks) are now migrating north through Central America. And storms cross from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico before making their way northward to us.

If you’ve been to any of the 63 National Parks, you know already that it’s more than just a pretty place; it is an awe inspiring experience.

The weather pattern is still the same. It has been rainy, windy, sunny and foggy. Temperatures have varied too.

It is the early 1950s, somewhere, anywhere, in Canada, and I am standing at the kitchen door on Easter morning in my new Easter clothes.

The weather reminds me of a see-saw. I’m thinking our drought has ended.