LOOK!!!! It's SPRING!!!!

[IFjane]

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

[VeloVT]

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).

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Some people like this but not me.

[Thorn]

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]

yay!

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]

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]

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

[mimitabby]

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

[uforgot]

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]

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]

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

[SheFly]

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 . 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 .

SheFly

[Crankin]

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]

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]

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. 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]

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!