This is from a few days ago when we had lots of frost around. Now it’s rain, a good step on the way to spring.
Happy Saturday.
Frosty
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February 21’s Friday Fleurday
I saw some buds on the ash tree saplings lining one of the city streets! I unfortunately didn’t have any kind of photographic device with me in order to post a picture here, but these little buds were a wonderful sight to see!
In that spirit, I’m posting some spring flower pictures from last year; I hope they brighten your spirits and help you to forget for a bit about the cold, the wet, the snow, and the wind.
Happy Friday!
(Not Quite) Wordless Wednesday
A winter evening clear and calm …
… a beautiful sight.
Happy Wednesday.
Reblog: Perfection
The January of golden frosts greyed into a February of relentless cloud, washed around the edges by the kind of frigid sullen drizzle that cuts …
Perfection
This is a beautiful post from Adele at A Walk with Wildlife. Please click the link above to browse through Adele’s very engaging collection of wildlife posts.
Walk with Me
Some scenes from a recent walk.
We had a moisture-laden snowfall that is now melting quickly in our rising temperatures. It’s squishy, sloppy and wet, but completely nothing, of course, compared to what much of the rest of the continent is experiencing. Good luck with that ongoing situation everyone, and I hope winter is finished snowing on you.
Much too wet to sit here …
… but rising temperatures and clearing skies are wonderful to see …
… and hopefully harbingers of springy things to come!
Happy Tuesday.
A Later Sunset
Thankfully, the days are getting longer even if many of us are still contending with very snowy, cold, wet and/or windy conditions.
I’m hoping this is winter’s last hurrah before packing it in and declaring itself blown out!
Happy Monday.
Hope …
… for the very, very beginning of spring?
Fingers crossed! And although I know that February can be temperamental, I take encouragement from the fact that temperatures are up, the wind is down, and the ice encrustments?
Those are starting to melt.
To everyone who lately experienced those huge snowfalls and wicked temperatures, I wish you very prompt blue skies and controlled – because of all that snow – meltings.
Happy Sunday.
Duck Shrinkage
The pond that the ducks have been inhabiting all winter is shrinking and shrinking.
If it wasn’t for the fountain, it would be completely closed and the ducks would be hunting for a place to swim and forage as there’s now a lot of ice around the lake edges.
But there’s relief coming since if all goes as predicted, we are supposed to be climbing well above freezing over the next few days. It won’t be long now, duckies!
Happy Saturday.
A Pause in the Wind
The wind has finally calmed, taking with it the clear but chilly high pressure system that we’ve experienced over the last few days.
As the wind dissipated, a low moved in bringing somewhat warmer temperatures – the windless conditions definitely contributed to that, too – and lots more cloud again. But the lake has calmed, the ducks and Canada geese are much happier now, and it’s a lot easier to keep your feet if you’re taking a lakeside walk!
Of course, with this low there’s going to be precipitation; we’ll see whether it’s wet snow or rain. This is quite different from February, 2024, when the sun was shining and we were definitely headed toward spring conditions; I’m starting to think that spring 2025 might be much later.
Happy pre-Valentine’s.
Looking on the Bright Side
In anticipation of the warmer months and because so much of the country is presently – and quite literally – struggling through massive snow banks and/or mentally just trying to fight off the icicles and snow flakes, here are a few summer pictures.
After taking a look through my collection of flower pictures, I definitely feel a lot brighter!
Happy Wednesday.
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