1. See the sand? There is NO WAY the poor cars can stay clean with the roads looking like this!
2. See my driveway? The road is the same. In a day of two it will be glare ice until it all melts off. UGH! It melts during the day, but it's SO full of snow and shaded it freezes every night. As the snow melts it makes it even more slippery.
3. Our road has been shaded all winter, so it is not clear as most roads seem to be. As the temps rise, all of the packed snow starts melting. The melting forms MANY large, unavoidable puddles. The puddles splash on the cars and then they enter the roads which are covered with sand!
4. With temps reaching 30-50 I am itching to get out into the garden. Apparently though I can't for at least another month. It will take quite some time for all of this snow to melt and then I'll also have to wait for the yard to dry out. I know it really doesn't take so long, but lately it seems like I have to wait for everything!
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Isn't this the hardest time of the year for us! It's warm and sunny but we walk straight into snow banks and ice patches...sigh...it's hard to see everyone else gardening and planting but then I remember....next month we'll be outside and they'll be inside because it's so hot and humid where they are! ha! does that help you?...I didn't think so :), teehee
Good news Cinj, Anna has a contract! You're next, you're next! :)
Your house looks pretty surrounded by woods and a blanket of snow! I can't imagine living in an area with "real" winters! Just so different than Southern CA...and I'm not saying it's all better here. As you know, every area has its 'pros and cons' and most of us live where we do for reasons other than the weather and, of course, not everyone likes the same climate. Thank goodness, or we'd all be living in one area---packed in like sardines, wouldn't we?
One thing for sure, a cold winter makes you appreciate the arrival of Spring all the more, doesn't it?
What's your favorite month in the area you currently live and why?
Kathi- I know you're SO right about the heat where others are. Others have said that to me too. Do you have the urge to run and dig out your shorts when the temps near 50? I'm sure I'd look nuts running around in shorts with a foot of snow still on the ground though....
I'm really looking forward to getting to my gardens this summer. With the hope of getting the other house sold I am starting to figure out things I'd like to put in my new garden. I sure hope you're right about my house being the next to sell!
Lin- That's for sure! I don't like overcrowding. Plus the fact that not all plants grow in all areas. What about the variety that we can see out there? I really appreciate the seasons here much more because they're all SO different!
Spring is my favorite season. I guess if I had to pick one month, I'd go for May. Flowers a-plenty, nice warm weather but not too hot, and kids still in school so I can get the hardest gardening stuff done before I have them home for the whole summer.
I would go nuts with all that snow. I can't deal with it!! I'm planting knockout roses tomorrow at the new house.
I'm trying to push my warm weather up your way!!!
Tell me about it! Seeing everyone's flowers already in bloom is making it even harder than usual to put down the gardening catalogs! Makes me want to get out in the dirt and start digging. The problem is once I got through all that snow I'd be hitting rock-hard frozen solid sand anyway. SIGH!
Thanks, we can really use some warmer weather to melt some more of the snow! My statues are starting to poke out much more now though. Usually I put them away for the winter, but I didn't have the storage facilities to do it this year. Plant a couple of flowers for me, would ya?
Oh, winters are way too long in the upper midwest, aren't they? I have major spring fever - with a couple of days in the 50's at least the snow is melting off the gardens - I saw a bit of green peeking out yesterday!!
You are having a lot to think about! We will watch for good news soon, both on the sale of your home and the arrival of Spring. :-) I know both will be quite welcome!!
Thanks for visiting me. I'll return.
I am sending the universe this message..."Send Cinj warm weather".
Gail
kris- you're so lucky. Still nothing here showing but the two lids for my septic system/holding tanks. It's not really that far from your area, but my yard's lowest point of snow is about 8 inches deep still. I guess I'll get it all melted eventually!
Shady- Thanks for dropping by! I'll be hopping up and down when BOTH of those events happen!
Gail- Thanks. I could really use higher temps so the snow melts off faster!
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