In March, we had a few warm, nice days and the flowers were duped. They popped up almost overnight, promising to look their best ever. Then April came.
A strong wind came from the northwest; temperatures dropped. It stayed below freezing--way below freezing--for almost a week. My beautiful daffodils, crocuses, and hyacinths were flattened. But if the sun shown for a bit, even though it was still so cold, the flowers valiantly opened up.
And now it is snowing. We actually have 3 more inches of snow since Elizabeth took this picture this morning. And more snow is coming.
Cars were slipping around in the heavy, wet snow. In delivering Alice to her early morning orchestra practice, we saw several places where car tires had left the road and made their own way. It will be great snowman snow!
This cedar waxwing has been hanging around, eating the berries off the juniper bushes. Today, he is just sitting in the bush--all fluffed out to keep the snow off.
Guess I'd better get the snow shovels out of the attic,
again. We thought we were through with them for the year. At least school hasn't been cancelled. That would be the final straw!
We also got snow today (surprise, surprise!). First, at breakfast we watched a pheasant walk around the backyard and mosey on up the hill, finally to disappear from sight about 10 minutes later. Then, as the snow piled up, Connor kept asking me if I was sad the flowers weren't growing because of the snow. (Does he know me or what?) And it still keeps coming...
ReplyDeleteThe picture of the cedar waxwing is quite good--I like how the color of the bird makes the snow look so much more stark and colder.
ReplyDeleteHey, I think we got hit with the same storm! We had a nasty windstorm Thursday night that knocked down power lines and closed the airport (Darcy's parents were trying to fly in from California, and it was a bit touch and go there for a while).
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