And on the other side of the coin...I would give anything for rain or snow. We are in our 4th year of drought and things are pretty bad. I won't be planting any annuals this spring :(

Thanks, mm -- me too!!! My friend has a septic tank and because it's warmer ground it's the spot that always melts first. I figure that septic tank still has a solid-packed foot of snow over it. Today's high is forecast to be 20F. :p

oh man, tally, you're in CA? I cannot even imagine what that's like. :(

Well, we are far from being snow free. I know Canada is thought to be the land of ice and snow, but it really isn't true for this part of Canada, usually. This year we have been hit, and hit pretty hard, on the east coast. I'm in Nova Scotia and winter started February 1st. It had been nice until then, cold yes, but relatively snow free. Then on the 1st we had a snow, rain, ice storm, that left everything covered with several (around 6) inches of ice. We haven't recovered since. Just as we start cleaning up from one, we get hit again. Our streets are lined with hills of snow from the plough going through to open the road, some places 8-10 feet tall. Let me tell you, I am sick of it!

We have been having a crazy amount of rain here in the Houston area, we need a break badly. My backyard is seriously under water. I have water view Property now. Everything is getting mold and mildew and stinks. My roof is leaking, I have buckets lined up. It won't stop long enough to get the new roof installed. My atrium looks like a swamp, but the plants are well watered! I'm praying for some relief soon. We have been in drought for so many years, hopefully this has helped. But I feel like we live in the rain forest now.

Plus the snakes are going crazy, everywhere there are baby snakes, big snakes, poisonous snakes. I am not fond of snakes!

I would gladly send you some of this rain tally.

Thank goodness for my pink camo rubber boots! They have become my new fashion trend I know you would all be so jealous lol! I can't get to my vehicle without them.

We got six more inches of snow on Friday, and then rain on top of it. Temps today are well below freezing, so it's still very much there. And I'm very much in the house. :-)

cjd, I have family in Newfoundland and P.E.I., so I've seen pics of snow right up to the rooftops! Hope you all have a beautiful Spring to make up for it!

And where I live, I've mentioned this before, we would have gladly taken some of your snow/colder temperatures this year. The local ski hills never had a chance and Whistler barely made it through the year, although this weekend they finally got some decent snow. The snowpacks are so low or nonexistence that water restrictions are a possibility. Well, we always have them but they could be tighter.

And ravencajun, I'll take some of your rain because if we don't get a lot of rain through the spring and so far it doesn't look like it, I dread to think about the forest fire problems for this year. With the lack of snow the underbrush is tinder dry.

Mother Nature at her finest.

In Long Island NY we got another five inches of snow on Friday night. I had to drive to pick up my daughter from work and was quite nervous. Saturday morning I cleaned off all three cars. My neighbor helped me shovel the driveway and sidewalks. It warmed up a lot Saturday and Sunday (it's in 40's today-Sunday) Most of the snow is gone, but there's still a pile of ice here and there.

Finally we are free of snow he in Central Indiana. We sure had a lot this winter.

I'm in Calgary. It tried to snow yesterday, but it's all gone. Not so much as a flake anywhere.

Just as the last dabs of snow melted...tonight we are supposed to have snow, lasting into tomorrow's rush hour. I don't know it this will be a big enough mess to be on your local news, but I'm sure they will show it on KITV in Honolulu: "Chicago Hit By Wintry Blast".

Our snow is finally gone, tulips are starting to pop up, lilacs are budding and the robins are chirping happily. Spring weather starts here earlier than the rest of Ontario but as March is not over yet we still have the chance of snow. Supposed to be 63F on Wednesday

No new snow here in NNY, and we can see lots of ground, but yes we still have snow. Very cold here today.

I'm in that miserable "lake effect snow" region. :p With windchill, they say it felt like 1 degree F today, but I think that's a little optimistic. lol! More of same tomorrow....

Party, here in Saratoga county we still have 1-2 feet and more where plowed snow accumulated. Inches on ground showing through, but precious little.

cjd63 - same thing here in Maine - we are neighbors:)

I usually start seedlings inside this time of year, probably going to be mid April before I do this year. We have a good 4 feet of snow still on the ground and snowbanks 10 feet high in many spots, including my driveway.

Please hurry Spring!

Oh dear, I don't feel so bad! Cold, yes, still........

Another week has passed and it's still winter here. Currently 16F with tons of hard-packed snow on the ground everywhere. This is so depressing.*

* I need to do something artistic!!! :)

I'm south of Boston and we still have 3 foot mounds but some of the grass is showing now, unfortunately my croci are buried under it.

Sunday 29 Mar.

Most of snow gone, still some residue where the tall banks were ... and along the roadside where the plows went - was about 10' high not long ago.

Chilly, though, a few degrees below freezing, and a wind, not really strong.

I'm having difficulty working up courage to operate a substantial garden ... after last year's fiasco: but isn't that the way it is with gardens - some years better than others? Can one lose heart after just one bad season?

Still snow on the ground here in Mass! We need some warmer temps to get rid of it! I want Spring!

No spring here -- it snowed again last night. :p

joyfulguy, we've had two bad gardening years in a row and I'm not giving up yet!

In a 36hr period we had a thunder storm, 80 degrees and snow. I don't know if I should put away the rake or the snow shovel.

yay!!!!! we had two warm days -- the first warm days of the year -- and I can FINALLY see a couple spots of bare ground where the snow has melted in the yard. It's finally happening..... :)

It tried to snow in Calgary on Friday, but it all melted as soon as it stopped. No snow here in the Great White North. Mind you, there was so much so down east I'll bet they still have some and it won't melt until Fall.......... ;)

Two weeks later it's looking good here - more visible ground than not, which is down to about a foot in some areas.