Spring Officially Arrived

[just strum]

Ahhhhh, gets better with each passing day. Today it's almost 60 and the windows are open and getting some fresh air in the house.

The grass is starting to green-up and I'll probably give it one more week before I remove the plow from the tractor and install the cutting deck.

The dogs and the cat are all sun bathing by the south facing windows. They seem to enjoy the idea that the cold is gradually disappearing.

[ZMAN]

Just washed the SUV. Such a pleasure now that I only have one. Down sized from two and loving it.
Spent a couple hours with my wife, and 10 bags later we have the Garden cleaned up, and already there are some little green sprouts poking through.
In Gardeners terminology we are inZone 6b which is quite southerly for Canada. I actually have an Acuba that is growing like crazy. The only other place I have seen one is North Carolina.

[Tim]

I saw two nice birds today.. must have been around 20... :

You crack me up SuperSwede!

[Tim]

In about another hour I will cooking my first BBQ of the new year. I love pork chops on the BBQ A few beers will help eliminate waitng for the porkers to finsih cooking.

[SuperSwede]

Nice! We had a BBQ last night (but we had to eat indoors)...
Pork chops, haloumi cheese and grilled veggies + tsatziki. Oh my

[sunvalleylaw]

The birds are starting to come as I mentioned earlier, and the driveway is melted off so that I could bike around with the kids yesterday, but the temp was only about 34 F, and there is still 6 inches to two feet of snow over much of the yard. More where is was plowed up or drifted in over the winter. Our back patio, with the seating and fireplace, is definitely still buried. Few more weeks yet to wait here.

[Tim]

The cook out was great, but it did chill down real quick after the sun started to set.

I have 2 Bluebird boxes set up way back in the backyard. Carolina Chickadees are taking resident in one box. About 4 weeks ago I put up 2 feeders in the backyard. So far I have had Northern Cardinals, Carolina Chickadees, American Goldfinches, Redheaded Woodpeckers, and Dark-Eyed Juncos at my feeder in the last week. Things are beginning to pick up at the feeder.

Maybe some of the Southern Fretters could send some warm weather up North to eliminate the left over snow and help spring new buds on tress and bushes.

[Spudman***]

It's snowing again here today. I just saw a robin with a trench coat on.

[sunvalleylaw]

Yup, light snow falling here as well.

[just strum]

No natural fallen snow to be found, only snow in the store parking lots where it is piled up. Today it is suppose to be about 61° F /16° C. We have full sunshine today which is a rare occurrence being situated near the Great Lakes.

[warren0728]

no snow here....should be in the mid 80's but we will be getting afternoon thunderstorms....

ww

[luvmyshiner]

It's another beautiful day in Central Texas. Temp is at 64 right now with a predicted high of 80. We're planning on breaking out the boy's hamburger/mozzarella/sun-dried tomatoes recipe on the grill tonight (only we're using regular hamburger meat this time).

[warren0728]

We're planning on breaking out the boy's hamburger/mozzarella/sun-dried tomatoes recipe on the grill tonight (only we're using regular hamburger meat this time).

yummy....

ww

[just strum]

What a jump in seasons, just a couple of weeks ago if it wasn't snowing, it was cold and raining.

Yesterday was in the low 70's, came home and put new brakes on one of the cars, removed the snow plow from the tractor, and then went and played my guitar.

Today it was in the low 80's and sunny. Came home from lessons, attached the cutting deck, cut and trimmed the lawn, cut back the ornamental grass, and now I'm going to play some guitar and chat with the fretters on and off for awhile.

[Spudman***]

Tomorrow, Sunday is more snow and 45 mph winds for us. Happy happy joy joy.