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Is this suppose to be spring?

15 years ago

...feeling sorry for myself. Last week it was -15 c., 5 f. Snow is predicted for the next two weeks. This is not normal. I looked up some old pictures to compare where we were, garden wise, in other years. The results were depressing.

The one bright light is that my plants from Naylor Creek, the NW plant show purchases are all coming up. I've got them in the coolest place to slow them down since it may be AGES before they can go outside.

Notice the dates. It looks like in 06 the snow was nearly gone the first week of March. In 07 it was nearly gone by the middle of March which I thought was late. I remember cleaning the front walkway and being out in the garden mid Feb. in past years.

At the end of March last year I done a lot of clean up and by my birthday friends and I were able to sit outside.

The snowdrops bloom at the base of the walnut tree - other years as early as Feb. This years picture shows that there is still so much snow that who knows whats under there?

The shows the snow/ice that is very slowly sliding off the dining room roof. The missing bit was from early last week when my husband tried to knock it down. I'd gone for the camera when I heard the crash (the missing section). When I looked out the window he was on the ground not moving. Thankfully by the time I got outside he was sitting up and only grazed since he was trying to stand away. Scary - meanwhile it's still there. The pallet is propped up to try to keep the budha from being damaged when it does fall.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
i feel sorry for you .. BUT BETTER YOU THAN ME ... lol .. sorry ...

how did my dog get in your pix????

keep a stiff upper lip .. whatever that means.. you have built it .. spring will come ... it will just be a matter of whether you are still sane.. when it comes ....

tough winter for seasonal affective disorder.. eh????

ken
mctavish6
Original Author
15 years ago
No kidding. I'm starved for sun.

Lets see a picture of your pooch.
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mctavish6
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I've always thought I should hibernate in the winter like the bears. It's not just my imagination that we are terribly late this year. We've had lots and lots of deer around for the last month or so. Usually they are more shy and only appear at dusk. Now you can't drive down the road any time of the day with out seeing several. I just heard from my kindly neighbors (the ones with livestock that they feed) that they are all putting food out for them since they can't break through the ice to get anything to eat. Poor things. I'm glad the neighbors are doing this.
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A week of 50's and it will all seem a memory.

Sunscreen, mosquitos, sweaty brow, dirty hands, weeding, watering, mowing, 90's,....... yeah I can't wait either.

A little modified Louis Armstrong to get spring in focus-

You'll have that camera clickin' in no time.

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the problem is that it got bad ... really early ...

so the bad part of winter has been a month longer ...

and why is it.. that its always my dogs butt in the picture ... just like your dog's... ken
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Myrle, you're so right, winter's hanging on much longer for us this year on the coast as well. I reckon my Galanthus are a good 2 weeks behind last year, which in itself was behind the year before. This is what we woke up to a week ago today.... and it stayed cold enough for most of this to last a couple of days. Thank goodness there wasn't much sticking to the roads where I live, but there sure was in other areas of the Lower Mainland.

But at least some of my Hostas are nosing their way out of the ground, like Chinese Sunrise, Blue Sliver, Invincible and quite a few more.
mctavish6
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15 years ago
Paul, you are so clever. I can hear the song in my head. I'm looking forward to the answers on the Bingo tomorrow.

Pieter, Those little iris are great. Seeing the snow on them give me some hope that the ones I planted last year and enjoyed so much might just be back this year. I find that any but the hardiest bulbs disappear here. Tulips are almost like annuals and daffidols (the taller ones) often never come up at all.

Ken, sometimes I get a picture of his kisser....

PS. This picture was taken last year at this time. Notice the complete lack of snow....whine, whine, whine....

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