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

[SheFly]

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]

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]

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 . 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 . 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]

The town has had about 140" of snow this winter. My neighbors had come from shoveling their roof a 4th time last weekend . 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!! Looks like the winters of '94-95 again.

[firenze11]

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]

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]

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...

[Meg McKilty]

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

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.

[SheFly]

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? Oh - I'll provide the shovel...

SheFly

[Meg McKilty]

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? 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]

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!