I’m so tired of winter…
The storms keep rolling through. The winds blow. The moisture – rain, snow, sleet – keeps falling. It just will not end.
Even worse days are like last Friday (above, at 4 pm). They call to you through the window to come out and play in the sun, then blister your exposed skin with a wind that seems to have come directly off a glacier.
Last year was so much better…
March 24th, 2012, and there were tiny leaves on most of the trees and shrubs. These wild crabapples were particularly photogenic that morning.
The garlic bed last spring – same day.
I was going to take a current shot for comparison, but the sprouts are just barely above ground. Until you get right down next to them, the bed looks empty.
A row of peas. Not just planted, not just sprouted, but growing heartily, on the 24th of March. The same bed right now is too wet to even weed.
Yet another winter storm will hit the area tonight. A couple inches of slush for us before it turns to all rain, and 24 hours of brutal coastal wind. Further north where my daughter and her family live (and Kate, and Momshieb, and Karen, and Judy, and more) they’re expecting 10 to 14 inches of snow…
Eventually, it’ll be over. And the flowers will come back…
Yes, sad but true, we are getting ready for the storm – again. We’ll be boiling sap today in really cold temps in order to get ready to plow and shovel tomorrow. It seems worse since the calendar says it will be spring this week. Stay safe and warm.
I’m hearing that it isn’t so bad in Spencer, where my daughter lives…hope you escaped the worst, Judy!
We moved 6″ at 7 a.m., and it’s still coming down. 😦
Ms. Payne (Our Growing Paynes) just said it was much the same at her place… Hope it stops soon for all of you…
I’ve had enough too – my optimism is fading as more sleet and snow is forecast for this week. But the flowers will come back, as you say. Just have to sit out another couple of weeks! Lovely photo of the daffodils – something to look forward to!
It all looks very ugly outside this morning…I may need to go look at those pics all over again. Spring starts tomorrow?
Winter has to end soon, doesn’t it? We’re forecast more snow, rain and cold until after Easter…
I should have put you guys in the UK on the list, too…Will this ever end?
I’m ready for spring…not more snow. My husband is out putting the plow back on his truck as I look out at the snow that was just starting to melt in the orchard. As you say…we will see flowers eventually.
Oh, let’s hope this is the last…I’ve got new blueberry bushes ordered, and they’ll need to go in the ground when they get here.
You guys should really have a word with that Groundhog ……. 🙂 Laura
Maybe he’d make a nice coat?
Good idea 🙂 sun sure to come out blazing hot on the day you choose to wear it 🙂 Laura
We were so spoiled last year! I’m crying uncle now. I can’t take any more snow! Hopefully this will just fizzle out but I doubt it.
There’s three inches of ugly slush on the car this morning, but we didn’t get the wind this time…I’ll take it 😉
We have nearly 6 inches and it’s still snowing! Want to trade? 🙂
Ugh…no. Where are you?
Southwest NH. So ready for spring. Sigh
Wow – it’s already rain in Central Mass, where my daughter is… Hope it quits soon for you.
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard the forecast on the radio this morning. This better be the last snow. I don’t know how much more of this I can take!
I’m with you…Hope you missed the worst of it!
Yes, last year’s weather was wonderful, wasn’t it? The flowers are coming, sure enough, it’s just taking a bit longer to get from point A to point B. Those daffs, though, sure are a sight! Can’t wait to see them around here!
I went back a little further in the photos – as warm as last year was, it didn’t beat 2009 for early. The turtles were awake in the pond on the 15th of March that year!
We were teased by spring last week but winter returned yesterday. The good news is that the peonies that the **** yard man cut down last year, have sprouted!! I may not allow them to bloom since it takes energy from the plant, already weak from having the leaves taken off very early. Let me know what you think.
Oh, I’m so glad the peonies are back! They’re pretty hard to kill – sometimes they’re the only things left from old homesteads around here…
Don’t fret too much about stripping the buds…they’ll be fine.
We were really warm (too warm) last year, but this year it seems to be fairly close to our ‘normal’ give or take a day here and there. We are still hoping for water…at least you have water!
Linda
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I would SO send it to you, if I could!
Will march go out like a lamb do you think!? You said it all for me, however we are meant to be pleased that the mean sun and wind is not whipping all that moisture out of the soil too soon.. i am TRYING to be pleased! c
The March Lion is going to keep right on roaring, it would seem…maybe on into April. 😦
NOOOOOOO!!!!! c
I’m with you! My husband and I are ready to move south, the gulf or maybe Austin! But alas, it may be another five years! I hope I can hold out or Maybe we will have a series of winters like last year!!!!
I can’t go back to living down south, even if it means shorter and milder winters…though I’d gladly trade these drawn-out days-long storms for a quick-and-brutal southwestern thunderstorm!
Good to hear from you, Bonnie!
I have to keep reminding myself of that, too (that it will eventually be over). We’re under a winter storm warning here today. Snow, sleet, ice, wind. Enough already! I’m going to sit here and look at your beautiful daffs and pretend winter is over. 🙂
I’m thinking of moving to the basement with my tomato seedlings…at least the gro-lights are bright!
spring certainly seems late this year
Just a hint of warm would be welcome…
Are you staying in France for much longer? Moved in permanently? 😉
A flying visit – partly to retrieve the car and partly to retrieve my partner 🙂
Wish you could share some of that moisture with us…….:-(
Trust me, so do I. I feel bad complaining about it, but at this rate, the ground won’t dry enough to get the tractor into the back field before mid-May, and it’ll be needed to get the winter damage out of the way…
We are thinking the same, but it has been the heat for us, it has dragged on and on. We are finally getting some cooler weather now, but still, we are wearing out summer clothes. I wonder if we are in for a similar winter.
Hubby wants to call Al Gore and tell him he can re-start global warming…up here, at least. 😉