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Reminder of Winter

14 years ago

Noticed on the city g'ment channel tonight that

they are scheduling leaf pick-up across the town.

Wha? They do that mostly in the late fall, early winter.

Oh, yeah; now I remember---

they were going at it day after day,

trying to get most of it picked up by Christmas---

Well, then it snowed. And snowed. And snowed.

Hard to pick up leaves with 28" of

snow at a time on them...

A week and a half ago I saw the last resolute

mound of snow, defiantly making a fool of itself.

I think somebody shot it one evening, because

it was gone the next day....

I've dragged about 16 10'X12' tarp-loads of leaves since yesterday evening up to the vague area between DSIL's place and the garden. It looks like a Civil War battlefield, with row after long row of leaf-works, instead of earthen-works. They'll stay there 'til the mower and leaf-vac are repaired and I can start shredding in between mowing---it could all stand a good mowing NOW...

Strange winter, beautiful spring----what I like, is the way the garden just goes on and does its' thing, no matter what the equipment story is. So, I rake and rake and the garden just says, could you scratch a little more to the left, please?

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anneliese_32
14 years ago
A couple of the oaks and the beech have still leaves from last fall. No more pick up though for them.
Put new oil and filter in my lanwmower and in a couple of hours I need to mow the front lawn. My first radishes sprouted yesterday, the chives and the parsley overwintered and have already contributed to dinner. It's 62 degr. at 4:30 AM and of course next week this might be the highest temperature all week long.
jazmynsmom
14 years ago
It was 81 here yesterday. My daffies waited for me to come back and leapt into bloom the next day. Some hyacinth joined them. I have leaves on my ninebark, on one of my lilacs, my chives are up, and while I don't have leaves on trees, some of the funky buds are open. I suspect Steve will be mowing the front lawn in the next day or two because it's forming lumpy dark green tufts. Dandelions are blooming (which means the bees are probably stirring), the leaves from the acres of trout lilies behind my house are up, and I got a mosquito bite yesterday.

I know for a fact that there'll be some relapses into coldness, but the neighbors and I were commenting that yesterday was warmer than much of last summer.

I was reminded of many things yesterday, but winter was not among them! :o)
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