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Posted by ElectricWhite on 08-03-2014 at 21:46:

Could it be....spring???

This past Monday, there was 3 1/2 inches of snow on the ground (not counting the layer of ice beneath). Today (Saturday), the temperature is near 60 degrees (F), and the sixth ice cream truck has just gone by my place.

Even though part of me is convinced that I'm delusional from my post-op pain killers, I've been asking, "Could it be a sign of -- oh, what's the name for not-winter? -- spring ?

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Posted by Victoria on 08-03-2014 at 23:41:

Do get better soon, EW. I hope you'll be running across the mountains in no time.

I've already said it before - you guys stole our winter. We had spring-like weather ever since February, today I've been doing first gardening of the year and next weekend I'm going to start planting. Two months earlier than last year. Strange.

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Posted by Becky Rock on 09-03-2014 at 01:03:

We had 8 inches of snow last week and it got to 65 degrees today, so lots of melting, but we still have piles of snow around.

I feel spring is here when our daffodils start to emerge. No sign of them yet, unfortunately.

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Posted by jublke on 09-03-2014 at 12:21:

EW, I'm sorry to hear you've been in so much pain. I hope you treated yourself to some ice cream when it went by.

Becky, I saw some ... what are they called? - snowdrops, I think, emerging when I took a nature walk yesterday. I was more than surprised.

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Posted by KT1972 on 09-03-2014 at 13:28:

Well, yesterday I had my doubts, being cold, cloudy and generally miserable outside....

but today what a transformation!!! Big Grin the sun is shining, Sun it's actually warm and I even saw people walking around not only without coats, but some were even in tee-shirts. Unheard of for March in my little corner of Great Britain Yippee

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Posted by ChrisW on 09-03-2014 at 21:14:

We haven't had a brutal winter but the weather has had fun pranking me. I saw little purple crocuses and went oh, spring is coming! Then we got several days' dump of snow. It's mostly gone now but the poor crocuses look pretty trampled. Smile

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