LOOK!!!! It's SPRING!!!! [Archive] - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-29-2008, 06:50 AM

LOOK, IT'S SPRING!!!!!

NO, IT'S NOT!!!!!:

Hazardous Weather Outlook
Heavy Snow Warning

Today...Partly sunny this morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Snow accumulation of 5 to 10 inches. Near steady temperature in the lower 20s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.

Saturday...Snow in the morning...then snow likely in the afternoon. Total accumulation of 6 to 12 inches. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph...becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of snow 90 percent.

Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 16. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

:(

firenze11

02-29-2008, 07:01 AM

It's not here either! Still over a foot of snow outside.

And my Dad just called from his vacation in New Mexico - "it's going to be 68 today, go fed ex the rest of my clothes down here"

:(

As soon as I see a blade of grass I'll sing about it!

Fredwina

02-29-2008, 07:24 AM

we've got the May Gray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom) in February:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/Fredwina_photo/SUNP0001-2.jpg

wackyjacky1

02-29-2008, 09:31 AM

Greetings from sunny South Texas (currently 68 degrees). :)

Highs in the lower 20s.
Highs in the lower 20s? Surely that's a typo. :D

I could never handle that. I'm a cold-weather wuss!

Geonz

02-29-2008, 09:38 AM

No typos... it just went through here. We *are* supposed to sneak into the 40's and p'raps 50 Sunday... then back down to the 30's & 20's.

Still, it is so clear that spring is oozing in between the icicles! Middle-aged Mammas will be traipsing the trellises in our skivvies when it comes ;)

Jen-Jen

02-29-2008, 09:41 AM

I looked my window this morning and guess what I saw? A sea of snow! Can't distinguish between my front yard and the street. I live on a road that the county feels doesn't really need to be plowed.

Oh well.

sundial

02-29-2008, 10:14 AM

I see red buds trying to come out in the central part of the state. My japanese cherry tree has cute little buds on it. :)

sundial

02-29-2008, 10:28 AM

Ok, it's really warm and pretty today. I'm gonna play hookie and ride. :)

spokewench

02-29-2008, 12:15 PM

It is warmer here finally and the snow is melting - BUT It will not melt for a very long time in my yard I'm afraid - too much shade and snow! Oh, I even dreamt about gardening the other night - I really want to see and smell the dirt!

Crankin

02-29-2008, 12:58 PM

Same forecast as Lisa here in MA, with just a little less snow predicted; 3-6 inches. At least I can get one more x country ski in, but I have to get on my bike and at least be stronger than the slowest person on the ride we lead on March 30th!

IFjane

02-29-2008, 04:07 PM

Some say it's spring here......hope springs eternal.....

VeloVT

02-29-2008, 07:07 PM

At 9:00 this morning, it was a whopping three degrees farenheit here. And we're forecast to get another 6-10 inches of snow tomorrow (got about six the day before yesterday).

:(:(:(::(

Some people like this but not me.

Thorn

03-01-2008, 04:28 AM

Hrrrmmphh! Spring is a figment of y'all's imagination. It doesn't exist. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. I just don't believe that Spring will come this year. :(:(

Pax

03-01-2008, 06:20 AM

yay!

http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/springsmile.gif

(http://www.millan.net)
jobob, I LOVE that!!!

No typos... it just went through here. We *are* supposed to sneak into the 40's and p'raps 50 Sunday... then back down to the 30's & 20's.

Still, it is so clear that spring is oozing in between the icicles! Middle-aged Mammas will be traipsing the trellises in our skivvies when it comes ;)

So....when is our first saunter???????

Meg McKilty

03-01-2008, 02:30 PM

NO, IT'S NOT!!!!!:

Blah Blah Something about how cold I am...

:(

You upstate NY people. You shall be cursed to never have spring!!
-Not really; I do not have that power.

(I am looking forward to warm weather this year and that is VERY odd for me.)

tulip

03-01-2008, 02:33 PM

The first TULIP bloomed today in the yard! It's early for a tulip, but I guess it has a warm microclimate.

mimitabby

03-01-2008, 06:32 PM

photo by Raleighdon, a picture from our front yard, march 1

http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/39061/2618214960054236199S500x500Q85.jpg

uforgot

03-02-2008, 04:09 AM

Sandra, you really should duck when you post something like this. It's suppose to be 70 today!!!! BUT it's so windy you can hardly walk and we have a winter snow warning for tomorrow when the mercury plummets. I want off this roller coaster!

7rider

03-02-2008, 04:47 AM

The first TULIP bloomed today in the yard! It's early for a tulip, but I guess it has a warm microclimate.

It sure is. On the Maryland side of D.C., my tulip has (yes, I have only one) barely poked it's head above the ground. However, I can hear the deer getting excited from here. The daffodils are farthur along, but nowhere close to MimiTabby's. I was in Portland OR last week, and the crocuses (croci?) were up and blooming and the daffodil bulbs were filling up, ready to pop.

And on Saturday...DH and I head back to winter for our annual pilgrammage to Colorado skiing.

SouthernBelle

03-02-2008, 04:52 AM

Yesterday while riding, anytime I passed any kind of water, I heard frogs 'partying'. We must have lotsa randy frogs around here.

SheFly

03-02-2008, 05:13 AM

Good news Sandra - can you send some here? Please?

Lisa and Crankin' - look on the bright side. March came in like a lion so it has to go out like a lamb, right?

We just got back from Maine. Wanna talk about snow? The banks at my house are over the bottoms of the windows :eek:. We won't be snowless there until July. We have been having the driveway plowed this winter, but we still have to shovel the entry way and to get our trailer out - took us over 1.5 hours just to do that! So far this winter they have had about 120" of snow...

Regardless, I'm going out for a ride today, and will flip Mother Nature the bird :D.

SheFly

Crankin

03-02-2008, 05:57 AM

SheFly, I am debating whether to go for a ride or a snow shoe today. I don't have a lot of time, so it won't be anything super. When I was out snow shoeing yesterday, it did feel like spring. The snow was mushy even though it was fresh. I decided not to ski today because last Sunday the conditions at Great Brook were terrible even though we were there at 9 AM and it had just snowed. Plus, all those yahoos from Boston are there, for a trip to the "country." There was ice everywhere, along with exposed roots on the black diamond trail. I didn't fall there, but I did fall a few times on all of the other icy, rooty, grassy spots on the flats! It was very embarrassing.
I do plan to ride tomorrow after work, even though it will still be on my hybrid.
Robyn

Jen-Jen

03-02-2008, 12:12 PM

I would love to be excited of Spring showing up soon. Right now it is 40* and tomorrow it should still be in the 40s, but SNOW! Seriously how can it snow if it is going to be 45* as a high? After that the bad news...30s and more snow.

I'm over this already......this is the first year that I am truely excited about biking and training. I need to take my Temp.

Hubby wants to move to North Carolina. I was thinking about the Winston Salem area. We can bike all year round he says. However, coming from a man who I believe has snowballs for brains, since he bikes all year round here,anyways, means very little to a person who hates freezing.

Anyone know if that area is nice?

Skierchickie

03-02-2008, 12:24 PM

My yard after I got home from skiing today. We're in the 200" or so range so far, which is about average. I missed all the mid-winter pictures (frankly, not enough daylight hours to get out there and take any). Hope these attach - my first attempt.

Okay, so I do like tulips - I'm just not ready.:D Mine won't be up for a month or two. Or three?

Oh, and just for snowbank scale, that's a 50lb Aussie/German Shepherd mix in the 3rd picture. Lake Superior in the background.

sandra

03-02-2008, 12:32 PM

Skierchickie, look at the first picture of this thread. Wanna do a house swap? I'd love to check out your place and you can come down here and ride every day. I never get to see snow!!!! That's a LOT!

Skierchickie

03-02-2008, 12:48 PM

Sandra - hmmmm...... nope! :) Mississippi is hot & muggy - I'd melt! I have a rare condition called the Wicked Witch of the North Syndrome. Makes me crabby & sweaty in Mississippi.;) You could visit, though! It is a nice picture, by the way - very pretty, but very deceptively HOT! 70 is my max, and that is if it isn't too humid.

When you come up here, this would be the time of year. The sun is shining (not so much in January) and it's 35 right now, although it's supposed to drop through the teens tomorrow and be in the 20s most of the week.

I know this is blasphemy on TE, but I don't wanna ride in the winter! Skiing is my thing (for the last -erg - 33 years!:eek: Since I was 9.). Biking must wait another month or so.

Enjoy your flowers & unbearable heat! :D

Meg McKilty

03-02-2008, 01:39 PM

I have no plants near me to show off with pictars!

Geonz

03-02-2008, 01:50 PM

It melted today and the crocuses have been DOING THINGS under the snow :D :D :D GERMINATION! GERMINATION!

Saw many the turdus migratorius today, too.

Beane

03-02-2008, 03:08 PM

Sandra, you really should duck when you post something like this.
I agree!

We got up to 47 today and it was heavenly! I actually walked around the dog park without gloves on!

.. but tonight we're getting rain/ice/snow and the cold air returns :mad:

sandra

03-02-2008, 03:21 PM

High today here: close to 80.

emily_in_nc

03-03-2008, 05:30 PM

Skierchickie,

Your home, view, and snow are absolutely beautiful! Even though I am a cold-weather wimp, I love the beauty of snow and only rarely get to experience it. Adore log homes too! Gawgeous!

Emily

uforgot

03-03-2008, 06:02 PM

Yesterday 74. Today 28. Snow and sleet. Guess yesterday was just a teaser.

Possegal

03-03-2008, 06:12 PM

Sandra - hmmmm...... nope! :) Mississippi is hot & muggy - I'd melt! I have a rare condition called the Wicked Witch of the North Syndrome. Makes me crabby & sweaty in Mississippi.;)

I moved to Mississippi from PA for 5 yrs during school, I swear to whoever, parts of my car melted there. :) probably parts of me too. And I never quite got back my cold weather tolerance when I came back north. :)

But it was always a lot of fun to call the family and tell them I was wearing shorts in February. Not that we didn't have cold and snow (it was northern MS after all), but nothing like PA.

BleeckerSt_Girl

03-03-2008, 06:22 PM

It sure is. On the Maryland side of D.C., my tulip has (yes, I have only one) barely poked it's head above the ground. However, I can hear the deer getting excited from here. The daffodils are farthur along, but nowhere close to MimiTabby's. I was in Portland OR last week, and the crocuses (croci?) were up and blooming and the daffodil bulbs were filling up, ready to pop.

Nuthin' is pokin' nuthin' up through the ground over here. :cool:

SheFly

03-04-2008, 03:50 AM

No kidding, Lisa. Spring is still a ways off for some of us, and it's hard for anything to poke through this:

Meg McKilty

03-04-2008, 04:30 AM

Hey SheFly, do you like living in snow like that? I would love to live in wintry weather and shovel snow looking like your pictures!

SheFly

03-04-2008, 05:37 AM

Early winter - yes. Early spring (almost) - no ;) .

This is actually my vacation house, so I kind of get the best of both worlds. Still have to shovel though, so anytime you want to come and help, let me know :D. Oh, and it snowed another foot the day after I took these photos.

The town has had about 140" of snow this winter. My neighbors had come from shoveling their roof a 4th time last weekend :eek:. Locals are just as sick of it, and there really is nowhere left to put any of it. The fear now is flooding...

SheFly

7rider

03-04-2008, 06:52 AM

The town has had about 140" of snow this winter. My neighbors had come from shoveling their roof a 4th time last weekend :eek:. Locals are just as sick of it, and there really is nowhere left to put any of it. The fear now is flooding...

I used to live in Ipswich, work in Gloucester. My old boss, who lives in Newbury (I think....where's Gov. Dummer Academy?) says he hasn't seen his front lawn since Thanksgiving!! :eek: Looks like the winters of '94-95 again.

firenze11

03-04-2008, 04:43 PM

I saw my first sign of spring today! A groundhog! I looked out my window and there he was, running around the yard and then digging into some exposed dirt near a tree. If the groundhogs are coming out of hibernation, I can, too (soon).

I was also quite warm yesterday and rained so some of the snow melted. But then it froze. It made me pretty annoyed trying to open the barn door today. I relieved my anger on the ice with a pick, though.

northstar

03-05-2008, 05:05 PM

Most certainly not spring here.

http://weather.wcco.com/US/MN/Minneapolis.html

High of 15 tomorrow. 9 is possible on Friday.

It's wild to me that folks in Canada can see crocuses right now. But I guess a coast nearby will do wonders...

salsabike

03-05-2008, 08:47 PM

The Japanese Current keeps us above freezing most of the winter, here.

I can now report that squirrels seem to prefer blue snow crocuses. Those little oinkers have spent the last week digging up my new snow crocuses, eating the bulbs, and spitting out the stems, leaves and buds. I can still see some yellow ones, but have not seen one blue one bloom yet. Wonder what "blue" tastes like...

Zen

03-05-2008, 09:50 PM

hmmm.
Wonder what "squirrel' tastes like :eek:

Meg McKilty

03-06-2008, 03:32 AM

...So anytime you want to come and help, let me know :D.

Don't make offers you can't hold up to 'cause I will so get my bike and roller blades and a plane ticket and make my way to you with my L.L.Bean snow fort builder/snowball making kit and hunt you down for shoveling in exchange for room, possibly board.

bmccasland

03-06-2008, 04:50 AM

hmmm.
Wonder what "squirrel' tastes like :eek:

Rather tasty, similar to rabbit. Need recipies? I like mine sauteed with a light gravey. Or in a gumbo. :p:D:p

SheFly

03-06-2008, 06:51 AM

Don't make offers you can't hold up to 'cause I will so get my bike and roller blades and a plane ticket and make my way to you with my L.L.Bean snow fort builder/snowball making kit and hunt you down for shoveling in exchange for room, possibly board.

Just let me know when to expect you, and I'll try to arrange for a dumping of the stuff before you arrive. I wouldn't bring the bike or blades yet though - nowhere up north to use them. Got skis? A toboggan? :D Oh - I'll provide the shovel...

SheFly

Meg McKilty

03-07-2008, 12:39 AM

Just let me know when to expect you, and I'll try to arrange for a dumping of the stuff before you arrive. I wouldn't bring the bike or blades yet though - nowhere up north to use them. Got skis? A toboggan? :D Oh - I'll provide the shovel...

SheFly

I do not own, but I could get skis at a good price on SteepandCheap.com right now. I own a rubbermaid sled from forever ago.
I own a couple of snow hats and thermal mittens. A jacket or two. Oh, and long-johns. Sound adequate enough?

lph

03-07-2008, 03:56 AM

dum-di-dum, I saw snowdrops on my ride Sunday :)

Nothing else though. Which is sensible considering it's still below freezing most of the time. Snow is long since gone. We're stuck with glazed ice and I wouldn't even go into why winter isn't winter here any longer :(

But I AM seriously considering taking my road bike out for a whirl on Sunday. Pleeeeeease, let it be above freezing and no ice for a few days now, weather gods and goddesses and all your little helpers.... I don't need high temps, I got the cold-weather gear, but I do need a clear road!

sandra

03-07-2008, 04:09 AM

lph

03-07-2008, 05:13 AM

well - one of the most picturesque and romantic weddings I ever went to was in Tromsø (way, way up north) in February. Cold, windy, and it snowed - and it was beautiful. The air was thick with swirling snowflakes. Up there they say that it's lucky for a bride to get snow in her hair :)

Tuckervill

03-07-2008, 06:23 AM

My son is getting married next weekend. A destination wedding. While it is beautiful and in bloom here, they supposedly got 10 inches of snow Monday and I don't know HOW MUCH last night.

We were hoping for beautiful weather. :(

They got a lot, probably up to 8 inches. But it's forecast to be in the 60s all next week and it will all be gone, except perhaps the plow piles and the north faces of buildings.

We're 70 miles from there due west, and we got nothing at all. Not even a raindrop. Thirty miles to the southeast--schools are closed.

Thorncrown Chapel would be lovely with a little snow in the woods! If there's any left.

I hope you have beautiful weather, too.

Karen

roadie gal

03-07-2008, 06:50 AM

Here's the first sign of spring for us. It's warm enough that Toby is sleeping in the bathroom to cool off. :p

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii211/sandakat/pets/P1010451.jpg

Meg McKilty

03-19-2008, 07:49 PM

Bump.

I have pictures now, ha-HA!

7rider

03-20-2008, 02:52 AM

No pictures...but...
The magnolias in front of my office are starting to bloom.
Forsythia (don't know if I spelled that right) are blooming.
A few early cherry trees are starting to bloom.
And the daffodils and crocuses (crocii?) are out.
And, the best sign of spring? DH is starting to get antsy and spend more evenings sitting in the furnace room, looking at his bike, and stressing that the N2 group ride is already getting way too fast for him. :cool:

Trigress

03-20-2008, 03:13 AM

The weather forecast for today says snow, the temperature is sub-zero and I encountered snowflakes on my way home from yesterday's ride...

SheFly

03-20-2008, 03:31 AM

I rode in the snow on Saturday. It snowed here yesterday, and rumor has it we are in for another big dumping on Monday. At this point, I am only dreaming of spring...

SheFly

Trigress

03-20-2008, 04:05 AM

SheFly:

Let's start a society for those stuck in snow prone areas. The Society for Cold Feet Riders or something like that?

tulip

03-20-2008, 05:04 AM

First day of Spring is TODAY!! Even if you don't yet have flowers where you are, the days will be longer than the nights starting tomorrow! Flowers to follow.

Of course, not for our southern hemisphere sisters, but y'all have just had a great summer, right?

SheFly

03-20-2008, 05:20 AM

To the tune of White Christmas - sorry Bing!)

I'm dreaming of a warm springtime,
Just like the ones I used to know.
With sunshine glowing
And flowers growing
And ne-er the threat of any snow

I'm dreaming of a warm springtime,
With every pedal stroke inside,
Soon, the trainer I will hide
And hope for my spring rides to be outside!

:D:D:D

motochick

03-20-2008, 07:13 AM

Here is a springtime pic from our desert ride on Tuesday. The flowers were so plentiful and vibrant, that it was very hard to concentrate on riding.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn300/firehawk108/IMGP2929.jpg?t=1206025745

Brenda

Brandi

03-20-2008, 08:44 AM

Happy Spring to all!
Spring always creeps in here early. Then a frost will hit and ruin things. But this year it's been good. And normally when my plum tree's bloom a rain comes and knocks off the flowers, not this year! We are going to have so many plums this summer!
Oh and my cats are shedding like crazy! clumps of fur everywhere I look. And my long hair is hacking a lot. Time to pull out the tube of petromalt! Ahhh spring!

chickwhorips

03-20-2008, 08:47 AM

Happy First Day of Spring!

That photo makes me miss AZ. I loved AZ in the spring time.

OK... someone tell the snow to go away, it's spring time. Good news is we are gaining 5m 46s a day. Bad news because of daylight savings the difference is the sun is still out when I'm ready to go to bed and not in the morning. :( I want to commute to work in the daylight!