April 22, 2019
Many of us wax poetic at the end of winter and the return of spring. Let’s swap that around. What’s the one thing about spring that you can’t stand?
The chirping robins in the almost-green yard. The brightly colored daffodils gracing the front of the house. The soft suggestion of leaves peeking forth on the otherwise barren trees. The bipolar weather.
And bingo, we have a winner. I love winter, but this back-and-forth weather is seriously making me crazy. We had two bomb cyclones this spring and I’ve never heard the term before this! A balmy 65 degrees one day and snow the next?
I started the slow process of acclimating my geraniums to the out-of-doors and unfiltered sunlight this weekend when it was 70°. (I have one plant that is over a decade old!) Of course, with the possibility of light snow tonight and tomorrow, the process has been delayed. The flowers will live in my windows for a while longer.
This isn’t the old plant, but it’s blooming so I thought I’d share it.
What bothers me more is the apple blooms on the tree in the front yard. They are just beginning to form. I’m afraid the cold snap will kill them off before they have a chance to grace the world with their beauty, and there’s nothing I can do to save them.
What I’d like is a nice, even uphill slide from winter to summer. I know that’s not going to happen, so I’ll deal with whatever Mother Nature hands out.
Is there something about spring that you hate? Feel free to vent in the comments! While you think about it, I’m going to head over and see what the other authors dislike.
April 22, 2019
Many of us wax poetic at the end of winter and the return of spring. Let’s swap that around. What’s the one thing about spring that you can’t stand?
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Over here they say if you don’t like the British weather…wait a minute!
Wyoming is much the same, with the added bonus that if you travel as few as 50 miles away, you can be in an entirely different weather system.
We had a gorgeous March and early April. On Monday April 15, tax day, we sat out on the deck and ate ice cream. That’s weirdly early for us. My husband tapped the birch trees early and was getting about three gallons a day from our “early” tree (two weeks early) and about one gallon from the two sap cows (they’ll produce heavier later in season).
The next day was a little cool and windy and then, bam, two inches of snow on Wednesday and Thursday. The taps froze. The trees seem so confused. Should they produce buds or wait a month. It’s just hard to know.
Now it’s back to looking like spring is here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we had snow in May this year. It’s just been a weird weird weather year so far.
We often get snow in May, quickly followed by hail season.