It is four days into spring and I am still wearing my insulated undershirt and underwear. I know warmer temperatures are coming but I am impatient. It still feels like winter. I will know winter has finally gone when I turn off, for now, the heat in my office and when I go back to wearing shorts and tee shirts the cold weather is finally gone and summer has come for good. Every year I go through the same cycle (as far as the clothing I routinely wear). I just wish I would get there sooner.
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It was the second day of spring but it felt like winter. I checked the car thermometer and it registered 27 degrees. Brr! Nevertheless the daffodils are still coming up as well as other flowers like the lilies and tulips. Maybe in two weeks it will act as spring. I checked the ten day forecast and the temperatures each day were still low.
Tags: cold Spring, cold weather, daffodils, flowers, lilies, seasons, spring, ten day forecast, tulips, winter
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Still no appreciable snowfall. It is March sixth. We were supposed to get a few inches of snow last night but nothing happened. Will we go through the whole winter and not get one snowfall greater than an inch or two. Spring is now fourteen days away. I still remember the winter snow lay on the ground for months (1996). It did not happen this year.
Tags: cold weather, March, seasons, snow, snowfall, spring, winter
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The winter was perfect for the primrose. It was so mild the primrose never died and flowered throughout the whole winter. In the past there were seasons it bloomed twice–early spring and fall. Not this season. It bloomed throughout the whole winter and it appears it will continue through the spring. At least through early spring. It likes cold weather, but not warm weather. I have never seen the primrose do this. This indicates how mild the winter was this year. Usually an extended freeze kills it and then it comes up, again, the following spring. Just about every plant in the bed either has buds or is flowering.
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The yellow primrose are still blooming. This indicates how warm this winter has been. There has been no extreme extended freezes. They like cold weather but usually they die when the temperature drops and stays there for a few days. I only remember one or two frigid days so far–not enough to kill the primrose. I never remember the primrose blooming this late in the season. This winter has really been mild.
Tags: cold weather, flowers, mild winter, winter, yellow primrose
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You can see how impatient I am about winter. Yesterday I noted winter was three weeks in–about a quarter of the way in. It has not been very cold. I only remember one extremely chilly day. I still want winter to go away. I never started a countdown to spring so early. Maybe, it is time to move to a warmer climate. I don’t tolerate winter so well anymore. It is really too early to start a countdown to spring. I am hoping winter will just go away. But it won’t. And somehow I have to stop counting the days and then weeks to spring. Spring is still too far off. And my countdown makes it worse. I simply do not like winter (particularly the cold) any longer. It is time to consider a move. Winter has become too hard to bear.
Tags: chilly day, cold weather, countdown to Spring, counting the days, do not like cold weather, move to warmer climate, spring, winter
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Yesterday it hit 16 degrees and today was 34 and it seemed warm. I wore the same clothing. Yesterday when I went out it did not take long for me to become chilled. I would reach for my gloves right away. I wanted them just for the fifteen feet walk to the car. Come April or May, 34 degrees will seem cold but today I was grateful it hit that temperature. Your expectations define the weather. I almost considered today to be a heat wave. And praised the Lord for small favors. Everything is by grace. Even the temperature outside.
Tags: 16 degrees, April, chilly, cold weather, everything-is-by-grace, gloves, May, praise the Lord, small favors, the temperature, winter
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The primrose finally bloomed. They like the cold weather and I have been checking the bed of primrose for several weeks. Sometimes they will bloom twice a year. And there it was today: one yellow flower. I was excited about my discovery. I will keep checking the bed of flowers to see whether more bloom and if there will be another color of primrose. There are only five plants in that bed. We will see.
Tags: cold weather, flowers, garden, plants, primrose, spring, winter, yellow flower
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It was a perfect fall day. There was a dull roar in the background. The wind was blowing hard. Dried leaves were scattering everywhere. It was, also, warm–in the high fifties. I have never flown a kite but today I wanted to. It was a great day for a ride to observe the rapidly changing landscape. It was, simply, a great day to be alive and to enjoy Autumn. Before we know it most of the leaves will have fallen and the cold will set in and then Winter will be next. I really do not want to rush it and enjoy today.
Tags: autumn, cold weather, dried leaves, enjoy today, Fall, fly a kite, landscape, perfect fall day, windy, winter
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Five light purple dahlias bloomed–the most at one time. My other noticed the two plants months ago. She had forgotten she even planted the bulbs. They were beautiful flowers that found their way through a bed of black-eyed susans. There is nothing like noting the latest surprises in your garden. Now I am waiting to see whether the primrose will bloom again. They really like cold weather. We will see.
Tags: black-eyed susan, cold weather, dahlias, flowers, garden, gardening, plant bulbs, primrose, purple dahlias
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There is nothing like being in the sunshine. After a week of gloomy, rainy weather today the sky was blue and it even hit seventy. My wife was depressed and tried to dispel her gloom. She took a chair, placed it in the sunlight and basked in it. It is too easy to be depressed when the weather is cold and the sun is far away. It was a perfect Autumn day and she decided to enjoy it and went out into our yard. Maybe later I will have a Scrabble game there. The days are running out I can do that. There is nothing like a clear, warm day to cheer you up.
Tags: autumn, blue sky, cheer you up, cold weather, depressed, gloomy rainy weather, my wife, Scrabble, sky was blue, sunshine, warm weather, yard
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I want to stay put today. It is going to be a gorgeous day. There are things to do around the house and particularly the garden. There are primrose that need to be planted–four different colored buds and they are putting more flowers out. Radishes need to be planted. Onion sets, too. The earth has to be prepared for them. There is only a small window for that. They like the cold weather. I do not want to go far today. If I only did those three things today, I will be happy. The furthest I want to go away is in town. It is going to be a beautiful day.
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