Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Weather or Not


Ah, changeable Minnesota!  On Sunday the temperature hit seventy warm, sunny degrees, and I put on shorts, sandals and a sleeveless top to sit out on our south-facing balcony soaking it in.  There are still patches and swaths of snow on north-facing slopes or where protected by trees and houses but elsewhere the grass has a green tinge and the buds on trees are swollen.  I expect a crocus at any moment – or a dandelion, I have witnessed them coming up through the snow!

Of course, today the temperature is only supposed to hit sixty-three at its best, but that’s still better than the city shut down because over a foot of snow is blowing sideways down the streets.  In either case, I’m sitting at my desk, struggling to get into the next chapter of Tying the Knot.

4 comments:

Linda O. Johnston said...

Yikes, such changeable weather! We've got a little fog and wind today in L.A., but I'm not complaining.

Ellen said...

Minnesota is the Theater of the Seasons. Every now and then, it does a horror flick.

Betty Hechtman said...

I remember spring when I was growing up in Chicago. I thought it was very exciting to be running around with no jacket because the temperature hit the 70s and seeing some mounds of leftover snow. I hope you get some spring flowers soon.

Monica Ferris said...

I've seen grown men in shorts the last few days. Back in the fall, at this point they'd be wearing long pants and jackets. It all depends on your point of view. I did see some bulbs pushing their first leaves up and out - tulips, maybe? - from a flower bed facing south yesterday. Spring flowers will come all in a rush next week.