Tuesday, May 17, 2016

SPRING UNCERTAIN



The calendar claims spring has sprung. I'm beginning to wonder.

Yes, the grass is lush and green. Birds are singing. Fish are biting. And here along the river, throughout the corridor woods, the trees' verdant canopy of supple new leaves is already well on its way to filling out.

But yesterday morning we woke up to a heavy frost. One of those scrape-your-windshield deals that lasted until well after sunrise. And many of the perky garden flowers, so bright and colorful the day before, were now dispirited, sadly wilted, with more than a few fatally smitten by the night's unseasonably low temperature. 

It was a plain chilly 34˚F when I got up at 5:30 a.m. And while we received only frost, folks in the northern part of Ohio had an unwelcome dose of snow! 

Egads! Thank God there's still plenty of firewood remaining. At this rate we may be burning the stove until July.    
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4 comments:

Out To Pasture said...

My outside thermometer read minus 5 degrees celsius this morning. My tomato plants were nipped but may survive. What a roller coaster weather ride we are on! Definitely not boring!

Gail said...

Hi Grizz - chilly again here as well. Not as bad as the blast of snow we had on Sunday - ice pellets and snow and windy - below freezing temps!! Spring is really having a hard time arriving. Light a nice hearth fire and warm up
Love Gail
peace.....

Grizz………… said...

Out To Pasture...

I'd guess a lot of folks lost some of their tender new plants to the ice and cold. My irises don't look too happy, or didn't yesterday, but I think they'll be okay. I do wish we'd have some nice spring weather before it just becomes summer and turns stifling hot.

Grizz………… said...

Gail...

No, today here wasn't too bad either. Chilly early, cloudy, some very light rain, and now partially sunny and 58 degrees. Probably have another small fire in the woodstove tonight as well. Ahhh, May.