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And so mud season commences

27 Friday Mar 2015

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When I had left for New York Tuesday morning, the front had still been completely covered in snow and in the course of three days, almost all of it has melted. Now the ground is very, very squishy where I walk with the dogs and in some parts, a great deal of it is water logged, beyond the descriptive squishy, the dogs don’t even walk on it, not wanting to get their paws completely submerged in cold dirty water. They are both of a somewhat dainty nature which is adorable, the way they pick their paws high up in the air when they encounter something wet, cold, or slimy, it is too precious.

I can’t remember the last time that we had so much snow melt, so I don’t really know how long our mud season will last this time. I don’t foresee us getting very warm anytime soon, so the mud that we have probably won’t dry up quickly. On the upside, I think that all of this deeply sourced moisture will be a tremendous boon to my garden and I can’t wait for green shoots to poke their little heads up, no matter what they are, I am waiting impatiently for my little  surprises.

My mother has her daffodils and tulips poking their heads up, it will only be a matter of a few weeks or so before they bloom. I am looking forward to my return trip to her house because New York in spring is truly magnificent.

I took a picture of my bougainvillea bloom because that bloom has been holding strong since the last time that I had posted its picture. I have no idea how it is still alive and fresh, it should have faded and fallen off the branch weeks ago, but it is stubbornly clinging to life and vitality, I am in awe at its staying power.

Singing in the rain!

22 Sunday Apr 2012

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mud season, nature, postaday2012, weather, weather pattern, weather phenomena, wild fires

Hooray, it’s raining! I am relieved for many reasons, many wells up here in the mountain were getting awfully low in water, the potential for wild fires was steadily increasing and our gardens were looking sad and droopy. Bad enough that we didn’t have any snow from this past winter, this spring was practically bone dry so what should have been mud season was dust season. This weather phenomena isn’t limited to my neck of the woods, it has extended throughout the whole Northeast region plus the Central Plains and even the Southeast. I don’t know if this unfortunate weather pattern will start to change the climate change deniers minds, I hope that they don’t attribute this state of events as a fluke. I hope that this will finally be accepted as proof that we all need to come together and work toward the common goal of finding alternative ways to use and store energy such as solar and wind energy.

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