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

**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

**Meg McKilty** · 03-06-2008, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by SheFly

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

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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

Originally Posted by zencentury

hmmm.
Wonder what "squirrel' tastes like

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

**SheFly** · 03-06-2008, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Meg McKilty

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** · 03-07-2008, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by SheFly

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** · 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

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.

**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

Originally Posted by sandra

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.

**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.

**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

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