I got at least Two feet of snow this weekend and still windy with sleet. Supposed to get more snow. Hate it. My plow guy is earning his money today.! Lol

We have about two inches of new snow this morning. We did not get any of that horrendous amount that seniorgal is mentioning. About a month ago, our little town had the most falling at once, in the state, with 14 inches. Spring will be nice.

We've warmed up a day here and there but are supposed to drop again tonight and tomorrow. Possible snow Monday...but then it's supposed to warm up again. I sure hope that will be it. I was hoping to plant a garden.

Cold and constant rain in Chicago.

It's been above 0C here for a few days. We got a little snow a few days ago, but it didn't stick to the ground for long. We're getting more tomorrow. But not nearly as much as you all are getting hit with down east. I can finally see some of my grass in the yard, and a robin was drinking the melted snow off my sidewalk a few days ago.

It's 52 degrees in Houston. Tolerable, but cold for the season. We've had rain lately, but the sun is out and the skies appear clear right now. I'm happy not to have the snow and bad weather the rest of you are having. I get to wear my winter clothes a little bit while they are still in fashion.

I'm sorry for those of you dealing with snow still. We haven't the cold, just plain wet. I can see some hazy blue sky here this morning but that's following about 4" rain over the last three days. I want to be outside, not inside. I have my geranium planters on wheeled bases and they've been in and out of the garage so many times, they are dizzy. They don't know where they live. Every storm that blows through, I think - maybe that's the last of it for the season and Spring will really be here. Hope that's true for all of you dealing with snow, that this is the very end of it and your weather improves soon.

Seniorgal, fingers are crossed that cook made it and you have a wonderful Sunday dinner.

Thursday I worked outside a bit with a light jacket, Friday I mowed yard and changed into a short sleeved t-shirt for the first time since last October. Turned the thermostat back to 65, opened windows.

Last night it rained, today it's raining, raining, raining, temp going down. Turned thermostat back up to 68, pulled on a long sleeved t-shirt again. Snow forecast for tomorrow I think or at least one day this week.

No snow here in PA but yesterday it was a sunny 88 and right now it's a rainy 42. It was unbearable hot yesterday now cold again. This is climate change and we will have to deal with it now because this is the norm.

We had 87 on Friday, and freezing this morning, and a present it is 39. We had high highs, low highs, wind, fire and tornados in a 24 hour period this week. Between the high temps and the low temps almost daily... it is miserable today. I am ready for spring. I would like to plant some stuff in my yard!

Moni

I am with Moni! The garden center near me marked all the new stuff that arrived down to 1/2 price, bkz they couldn't protect it from the freeze. I loaded up and my garage & kitchen look like a green house. I need to keep it all alive until Tuesday when, **crossing fingers** I can get it in the ground!!

We have another hard freeze in store for tonight. Come on Spring!!!!

We've had the the same 48 hours of rain Scot mentions. The sump pump in our basement is busy. It's noon here, and our rain is changing to snow. DH is helping me polish some silver pieces we'd put away in advance of the painters. Doesn't THAT sound like fun?

Ice pellets and freezing rain here in SW Ontario yesterday, then stopped ... and another shot last night and this morning.

Ice pellets in the yard ... almost decided not to go to church.

When I got on the road I found it reasonably clear, but drove slowly.

When got to the village church (of my boyhood) ... no vehicles in the parking lot: not a one!

So ... I went along a more travelled road to the suburban church ... same story in the parking lot.

So ... headed for a grocery not far from there ...

... and as I passed the parking lot of a (Roman) Catholic church ...

... there were cars in their parking lot ...

... so I attended their service/mass.

Went to the store later ... first things first, you know!

Now I'm at the (only) library (available in the area) ... to talk to you folks.

Power was out for about five hours yesterday afternoon and evening, may have been as there's a LOT of ice on the wires, but not many homes were involved, I think, and there doesn't appear to have been widespread outages, or even a lot of local ones.

Hope you all have a great week.

One thing that returned to mind the other morning, as I Iooked out the window to see snow going by just a little bit shy of horizontally ... I didn't want to go outside, anyway.

One great thing about retirement is ... that every day is - holiday!

ole joyful

On Friday I walked 4 miles in shorts and t-shirt with a high of 86. Yesterday I hunkered down at my dd soccer game with 32 degrees, wind, and snow. I have no idea what the windchill was, but it was coooooold.

Strong cold front came thru in the early am. Windy, cloudy, stay at home day and accomplish some much needed cleaning.

Over a foot of snow in my area of central Ontario....still some sort of "something" coming down out there-looks like sleet...we haven't seen above 32-35F for days.

Still snowing here. We've had more than 21 inches so far in April.

morz8------no cook, no waitresses, no dinner, and, of course no van running, so no church.

88 yesterday, beautiful day!!! shorts and flip flops. Today, rain, wind and in the 40's. UGH... just awful. I want Spring!!! (suburb of Philly)

seniorgal - no dinner? By now I certainly hope someone has made an effort to put together a warm meal of some sort. Do you at least have some snacks in your room to tide you over?

Oh, darn Seniorgal. I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping you had a nice hot dinner in the dining room tonight. Is there any kind of back up plan for a residence full of hungry people on storm days?

I am expecting 10'to 14" additional inches of snow overnight. High winds with blowing and drifting. Driving conditions are white-outs.

I had scrambled eggs and toast for my dinner. Actually, we have equipped kitchens and most of us do cook. Our rent includes 10 meals, the rest is up to us-we can buy extra meals or cook. I still like to cook, but since my recent illness I don't do it as much. I hope to find some good recipes for my little crock pot.

SE Wisc: We got 4 inches of very heavy snow, a mix of snow and rain and sleet and some ice on the bottom. Its more like February than April. We can forget our early spring flowers such as crocus, Siberian squill, cilla, and the first hyacinths. Those were trying ot bloom when this stuff hit.

My bird feeder had not seen many birds for a couple of weeks. The birds were on the move. The feeder got mobbed today. We had gangs of red winged blackbirds, grackles, juncos, disappointed robins,turkeys, mourning doves, and a pair of migrating sparrows that I have not identified.

To add to winter's normalcy this morning, the snow plow knocked my mailbox off its post.

I can't help laughing - thinking about those dizzy geraniums!

Not here either. The email weather alert I had waiting for me this morning said winter storm watch until April 19. APRIL 19!! That's three days from now. We're going to have a winter storm for the next 3 DAYS? Yup. Just got a new one a few minutes ago. North of the highway is 6 inches. South of the highway is "only" 4. Guess which side of the highway I live on. My snowplow man was here a while ago and said anything else he plows this year is on the house. And he knows about the potential for the next 2.

My next thought is it will go from 60 to 90 and no rain.

Re:Spring

Every Spring my dad would recite this little poem.

Spring has sprung.

The grass is ris.

I wonder where the flowers is?

I always laugh when I think of him and his humor.

My family said that same poem!

It was nearly 80 by the end of last week, here in KY; this morning it snowed. Nothing stuck but it still snowed. Tonight, there is a hard freeze warning. I fear for my white lilacs which are just partly opened and for the azaleas and dogwoods that are just starting to open. Buds may get nipped. Can't go out and cover the entire garden with sheets, so they're all on their own. Crazy "spring".

Oh my...and my grandson is planning to get married in Minneapolis on Dec. 30! I think he is crazy! Old man winter won’t quit in Kansas either!

After ice pellets and freezing rain, taking down a bunch of power poles ...

... there's more snow today, and it's going cross-ways the windows.

A few days ago when it was going across, some closer to horizontally, I said that I didn't plan to go out, anyway.

But today there was to be a discussion group of usually 8 or 10, meeting at church to discuss articles in our denomination's magazine ... and I was to lead.

Figured I'd be a wimp and wear my hood.

So - here I am, talking to you folks, as well.

'Sno joke, folks: it's SUPPOSED to be SPRING! Even this far north (and I am farther south than some of you in the northern prairie states, being slightly north of Detroit, about even with Port Huron).

ole joyful

We in Manitoba dodged the bullet so to speak with sunny weather surrounded by clouds, snow, and rain to the west, east and south. Still have plenty of snow left over here but the sun is doing its thing and finally slowly melting it.

Woke up this morning to 27.7 degrees. It was supposed to go down to 34, but a frost advisory was in effect. Not a happy camper today. Tomorrow it’s supposed to get to 80.

we had a brief bit of snow this afternoon.... Old Man Winter, please take your exit!!!

Ok OJ, are you going to tell us how you got to your meeting and the library? You certainly are an independent soul!