Weird Weather of '09 #13

Yeah, this wind is brutal. It really needs to stop.

Received 2 feet of snow last night. Ground has been frozen for weeks.
This is normal for our area. Early winters ~ late Springs.

Holy cow. Got any pictures, TP? That is such a beautiful area.

But this all goes away within a couple of months, right? Larry (Portland-husband-friend) says the trees bud out in March.

Good thing my DH went to visit his friend in Truckee, CA last month instead of now. 2 feet of snow would have been difficult to get around in. They were having a first grade "class reunion" with 100 % attendance. This is easy to achieve because they were the only 2 first graders in the one room school house they went to.

Summer, March and April go back and forth between spring-like and frigid. We get snow in April every so often. We even had some in May just a couple years ago. Mostly it just rains. A lot. Like build an ark and round up your critters just in case kinda rain.

My house actually feels like an ark! It's basically one room deep & about 70 feet long, with mucho windows on both sides & skylights. It sits on a little ridge with a steep drop to a rushing creek -- like we're on the crest of a giant wave.

A rose bloomed today. That's weird to me. It's only 28 degrees right now.

Well then I guess all you need is an outboard motor, and you'll be set for spring in the PNW. ;D

I had a rose open the other day too. The climbing Peace rose

Looks like the count is getting up there and Laura hasn't been able to get on the computer much recently so I started a new room.

Come on over to the NEW ROOM!!!

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March comes in like a lion and sometimes goes out like a lamb - we have Hellebores and Hamamelis blooming. The earliest "trees" that bud out are the native Indian Plum and they start in March.

Hi Katie, we are over in the new room...

Thanks, Pony. I just wanted to make sure and respond to Summerkid's question on this thread.

Huh? That wasn't me. LOL!

Ooops - I meant Trisha . . .