Back at the beginning of March, when we took a whirl-wind
trip down south where nubs of green had already started to weigh down the
trees, the trip gave us a two-day respite from our end-of-winter drearies. It seemed to me then that once we returned
home, it would only take a few weeks before we’d celebrate our own spring. Well, that little field trip was two months
ago now, and after experiencing one of the coldest April’s on record, let’s
just say I’m a tad impatient.
I suppose,
it doesn’t help that every phone call from our daughter who’s on internship in
South Carolina begins with a weather report.
“It’s seventy-five and sunny, Mum,” or “Mid-eighties, today. I’m so hot!” To be fair, she’s working in an un-air conditioned
kitchen right now, so hot for her is the real deal. But hearing her, I have to swallow hard,
since I’m still wearing my Ugg boots in the house, and the heat that goes on
automatically when things drop below 62 degrees inside is blasting each morning
when I wake up. Over the past week, we
went from Saturday to Sunday with overcast skies at best, driving rain at the
worst. Oh, Seattle folks, I don’t know
how you do it. This weather is causing
me to take on curmudgeon tendencies.
About ten days ago, filled with optimism, I made up some nectar
and hung up the hummingbird feeder. In
case you didn’t know, hummingbirds live about five years, and they have
memory. Over the last several springs,
they’ve hovered at my family room window BEFORE I put the feeder up right outside of it for the
season. This year, I decided to beat
them, but I’m still waiting. I don’t
know what they do when it’s this cold, but in spite of migration charts that
show they’ve made it this far north, I haven’t seen a one. Outside my rain-specked window, the fresh
blooms of the early rhodies are drooping, the ground cover phlox has been
beaten down, and when I went out during a respite in the showers yesterday, I
found a mouse drowned on our new patio.
Boring weather post?
Yes, I guess. But I’m from New
England, where complaining about the weather is an art-form. And then there’s this. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that all this
rain is my fault. I did after all, hang
up the hummingbird feeder. And if that
wasn’t enough to tempt fate, last weekend, in between showers, I washed
windows. I rest my case
9 comments:
Washing the windows did it for sure.
We're definitely into spring here, although the last six months have seen a ton of rain. I washed my car yesterday, almost guaranteeing it will rain today.
Your daughter has no AC? She's going to melt this summer.
We have had 12 days of rain and colder temps than usual. The sun finally came out yesterday and we all rejoiced. It looks like temperatures are rising and warmth is coming your way.
I hear you, Liza! After the mild winter I was expecting/hoping for an early spring but boy is it taking its sweet time getting here.
washing windows or the car guarantees rain. You may kvetch now about the weather, I claim dibs on kvetching on day ninety of over 100 degrees in the summer in TX. We've got the year covered!! Take care and I'll send some sun your way
Hi Liza - you can't have the last word on weather .. that belongs to the Brits - always!! We've had one week of good weather ... now we're sinking back to rain and cold - 'tis England ..
Enjoy it when the summer comes - and that does sound cold - Ugg boots and heating blasting out .. cheers Hilary
The rain here in the northeast last week was endless and depressing. We actually saw the sun a few hours this morning and not it's gone for the rest of the week. I hope it doesn't rain in your neck of the woods next weekend as I'm coming to Boston for my daughter's graduation.
You see this is exactly why I hate washing windows--it always brings rain. :) I hope the sunshine and warmer temperatures return for you soon. All that cold and rain would wear me down too. We haven't decided for sure, but we are considering moving to South Carolina once we retire. I love it there.
Our spring here has been unusually "spring-lie". It seems most years it goes from a snowstorm, (see post on my website) to blazing summer within a week or shorter. Ms. Liza, it is always spring on you blog. Thanks for the many stories you share. Keep'em coming our way. Glenn...
I'll gladly take some of your chilly weather and rain, if you'll take some of our heat and humidity. What do you say, we'll swap about 20 degrees? It was 91ยบ here today...
I'll let you keep the drowned mouse. :-)
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