People keep talking about Spring...

[averygoodun42]

I do not understand what they are talking about.

(That pic, btw, is after several days of melting. It is not snow anymore, but a big pile of icy nastiness. And by 'big pile' I mean the whole region, not just where there are snow banks, which are only a few feet higher than everything else.)

I don't think I could begin digging out the snowblower, let alone any garden implements. Which, actually, is okay by me. The longer it takes to melt away, the less likely we are to flood. Although that would mean that at some point we will need to dig out the back door. And the trash can.

*shrugs*

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[sbrande.livejournal.com]

I do not understand this either as this is definitely not summer down here in Oz. It is cold, rainy and miserable. We had one week of nice weather (hot) but then the rest of the time has been cold.

Where is my summer that I so love?

No love Mr Weather.

Loves you, Sonia :)

p.s. At least it doesn't snow where I live, I think I would move if that were the case.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you've had a hell of a year, weather-wise. Blerg!

I actually like snow, although this amount of snow makes driving dangerous (take New England roads with low visibility to begin with and then add 4-6 foot high snow dikes rammed right up to the road, add a smattering of ice everywhere, and it's amazing there are so few accidents!). I also don't like this icy stuff. Soft snow is fun. Hard icy stuff is not.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

At least you can see the pavement. ;-)

Around here, all walkways are about 60 cm higher up than usual (can tell because you have to climb up or down when crossing the street), and the surrounding piles are way higher than cars. And all that is old, heavy, compacted, icy snow, too.

But then again, no one is talking about spring here either. Especially with having -15...-20°C weather forecast for all next week and the week after. February does tend to be the coldest and most wintry month here... I expect spring in late April, maybe.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can see the pavement... here. We (I say meaning Geoff, of course) also took an afternoon to excavate the walkway when we got back. Our neighbor had been taking care of our driveway.

Most people have not been shoveling their sidewalks, so people have little choice but to walk on the street. Where they have been shoveling, there's about an inch of ice to navigate. Fun stuff.

I don't think anyone around here is talking about spring. We, too, also get spring about late April, though most of the snow disappears sometime in March (leaving a muddy, gray month before things start getting green).