In other news...

[nuranar]

... I think spring has begun.  Without a Greenland high, this has been a joke of a winter. I forecast a brief two-week spring, follow by a beast of a summer scheduled to arrive, oh, by spring break (middle of March).

One good thing: It'll be our first warm Easter in probably a decade. Christmas is usually gorgeous and clear and mild, even in a harsh winter; Easter is ALWAYS cold and/or wet. One year it snowed!  We don't get white Christmases, oh no, but we can managed white Easters and Thanksgivings.


And now that I've predicted it, watch winter come up and catch us and all the plants napping. A year ago today we were dealing with the worst ice and snow storm in many decades.

Comments

[bienegold.livejournal.com]

This "winter" has been completely insane. We've only had two occasions thus far that required shoveling, and I don't think it's ever gotten below 20 (and it's been far above freezing).

At least we've gotten about the same amount of precipitation as we usually do (and 2011 was particularly wet) so we won't be in trouble this summer when there's no snowmelt for the lakes.

[jordannamorgan]

As a not-fan of cold, I'm perfectly content with the mild winter over here. ;) I just hope the tradeoff isn't something violent in spring or summer.