I saw the geese coming back this afternoon -- a few vees of them flying overhead, calling to one another. Dogs were fascinated.
Another sign of spring: my white dogs are both black up to their bellies everytime they get out of the house.
Signs of Spring?
Wed, 2008-03-26 22:02
#52
Timebandit
Thu, 2008-03-27 01:50
#53
getting warmer...
[url=http://www.cbc.ca/weather/conditions.jsp?station=YUL]http://www.cbc.ca/w...
Thu, 2008-03-27 04:15
#54
I gaze out the window with childlike wonder, and I see
[b]WTF?!?! MORE DAMN SNOW FALLING PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP[/b]
Thu, 2008-03-27 04:58
#55
Boom Boom
It's snowing here, too. [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img] I'm just in from feeding the birds, and right now there's a family of Mourning Doves on the backyard feeder with two dozen or so buntings on the snow, and the squirrels will soon be on the feeder attached to the shed housing my firewood, and after they're finished, the sparrows, buntings, and maybe chickadees will take their turn. The Yellow Grosbeaks haven't returned yet, too early I guess. The Snow Buntings were here late yesterday.
Thu, 2008-03-27 05:56
#56
It snowed here yesterday. Keep your damn snow on the Lower North Shore Boom Boom [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]
[ 27 March 2008: Message edited by: Caissa ]
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:04
#57
There's a snowstorm warning for Southern Ontario tonight too. They're supposed to get dumped with the stuff. Toronto's supposed to get some too tonight, but I don't think we're in the area that's really supposed to be bad.
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:09
#58
Boom Boom
quote:
Originally posted by Stephen Gordon:
[b]I gaze out the window with childlike wonder, and I see[b]WTF?!?! MORE DAMN SNOW FALLING PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP[/b][/b]
Stephen, where are the snow removal crews putting all the snow? Are they just dumping it into the river?
You have twice as much snow as we do - and we have too much! [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:13
#59
Boom Boom
quote:
Originally posted by Caissa:
It snowed here yesterday. Keep your damn snow on the Lower North Shore Boom Boom [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]
The hell with you - we're blowing it all south! [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]
Our accumulated snow is now over my fenceposts, which I think measure between five and six feet above ground. We're scheduled to get a connecting road to the mainland in a few years, and that means winter snow removal - I don't know how the hell I'm going to be able to keep my driveway clear. I may have to purchase a snowblower.
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:15
#60
You probably should have one of those anyhow if you have heart problems, Boom Boom! Don't tell me you're shoveling!
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:18
#61
THIS JUST IN, revised Montreal forecast:
temps above zero + rain over weekend, peaking at +6C for Tuesday, April Fool's ! [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img]
[url=http://tinyurl.com/2drjt5]http://tinyurl.com/2drjt5[/url]
and(!) mid-April, brilliant, warm higher-than-average:
[url=http://www.meteomedia.com/fourteenday/caqc0363]http://www.meteomedia.com...
[i]SPRING ARRIVES !! (?)[/i]
[ 27 March 2008: Message edited by: Geneva ]
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:28
#62
Boom Boom
quote:
Originally posted by Michelle:
[b]You probably should have one of those anyhow if you have heart problems, Boom Boom! Don't tell me you're shoveling![/b]
I only move the light snow, never the heavy stuff. I call the snow removal person - he's available to all the seniors here - and he does the heavy stuff for me. I also pay him to bring in the firewood when I'm not up to it.
Thu, 2008-03-27 06:33
#63
Boom Boom
That brings up another concern, Michelle - we're on track to have a connecting road to the mainland in the next few years, and I suspect Quebec will keep the roads clear all winter, unlike now, when there's no snow removal at all.
Here in Kegaska, many of us have five feet of packed snow in our driveways, and really no place to put it all if we made an effort to keep our driveways clear.
I have a small truck, but I'm not supposed to do any snow shovelling for medical reasons - I don't know how I would be able to keep my driveway clear all winter. Five feet of packed snow so far, and it's still coming down. I guess I'll have to consider getting a snow blower if the roads are going to be kept clear.
I'm going to ask our social worker if provincial funds are available to keep seniors (and handicapped) driveways clear if we get a connecting road.
Fri, 2008-03-28 06:40
#64
It's snowing in Saint John as I type, Boom Boom. I thought I told you to keep the snow on the LNS? The Family will be hearing about this [img]tongue.gif" border="0[/img]
Fri, 2008-03-28 06:43
#65
Lard Tunderin Jeezus
quote:
Originally posted by Michelle:
[b]There's a snowstorm warning for Southern Ontario tonight too. They're supposed to get dumped with the stuff. Toronto's supposed to get some too tonight, but I don't think we're in the area that's really supposed to be bad.[/b]
No snow last night!
Maybe spring is here after all!
Fri, 2008-03-28 10:41
#66
Boom Boom
From a friend:
mark it down: snowing in vancouver march 28. damn!
[img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
ps: Caissa: [img]tongue.gif" border="0[/img]
Fri, 2008-03-28 11:08
#67
quote:
Originally posted by Boom Boom:
Stephen, where are the snow removal crews putting all the snow? Are they just dumping it into the river?You have twice as much snow as we do - and we have too much! [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Out here in the suburbs, the city snowblowers dump it on our lawns, so we have some very impressive snowbanks happening.
Downtown, the snow is carted away and blown onto very big piles at several sites across the city. There was a story a few weeks ago about how some of those snow depots were reaching their capacity, and I think they were going to open others.
Fri, 2008-03-28 11:29
#68
Pogo
Snowing in Richmond.
Fri, 2008-03-28 16:17
#69
Beautiful, sunny and the snow is melting in the Arctic!
Snowing in Richmond. Oh, dear. The roads down there are terrible when it snows...or is it the drivers who are terrible when it snows? [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Mon, 2008-03-31 05:25
#70
Beautiful snow flurry in Montreal this morning... started just after the rush hour too, but two weeks after the end of the snow removal contracts!
Mon, 2008-03-31 06:03
#71
aaaarrgggH!!
I promised my son that spring would be fully sprung by April 1st!
anyways, a close call as rain and temps hitting 50F (12C) are due this week:
[url=http://www.meteomedia.com/fourteenday/caqc0363]http://www.meteomedia.com...
Mon, 2008-03-31 06:32
#72
quote:
aaaarrgggH!!
I promised my son that spring would be fully sprung by April 1st!
Well now you can say "Ha! April fools!!"
Mon, 2008-03-31 06:46
#73
ElizaQ
Well it's raining here right now. The snow in our yard is almost gone.
Yesterday I saw a few robins and the snowdrops are poking out of the ground! To me it always feels like spring when the snowdrops show themselves.
Mon, 2008-03-31 06:55
#74
ElizaQ
Correction on that last post. Just went outside with the dog. They aren't just poking, they are almost ready to bloom! Yes I'm a flower geek. I admit it.
It's also very, very muddy. Here mud, big, thick, sloppy clay mud that sticks to you're shoes and somehow no matter how much you try to stop it gets on every floor of the house, also is a sign of spring. Usually I really dislike it. This year I'm rather glad to see the mud. I think I'm gonna go outside and make some good old fashion mudpies to celebrate.
Mon, 2008-03-31 06:59
#75
Boom Boom
We're down to four feet of packed snow on the ground, down from five feet at the beginning of the month. We won't see any flowers until the end of May if pasy years are any indication.
I planted 200 perrenial wildflower bulbs in my three gardens last October - I still have to wait two months before I get to see the fruit of my labours. [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Tue, 2008-04-01 05:50
#76
Boom Boom
[url=http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?qc25]http://www.we...
This spring storm will bring a mix bag of precipitation over the province of Quйbec depending on the regions. First north of its
track, heavy snowfall is expected over several northwestern regions of the province today with accumulations reaching 15 to 25 centimetres. Snow will spread toward the coast-north during the day.
arrrgggghhhh!
Tue, 2008-04-01 10:22
#77
Ahhh, signs of spring on the east coast... As I rolled out of bed this morning around 3:45am I was greeted with, of course, snow! Driving to work at 5:10am was messy as the plows (what?!) hadn't been out yet. I sat at my desk part of the morning and watched as it continued to fall. In an hour I'll head off to my evening job...in the snow! That poor,sad blue heron I spotted two weeks ago should be at home sipping something full-bodied and fruity. I envy him and his delusions of seasonal change. As for me, I am thinking we need to expand the definition of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Tue, 2008-04-01 10:48
#78
I think a big part of our impatience this year is not just the more brutal winter than normal, but the fact that Daylight savings time started a month earlier this year, when it was officially, and literally, still winter. DST used to be the unofficial 'real' start of spring for many of us, when we could enjoy the longer days with the warmer weather. Having longer days with winter weather is odd for most of us.
[ 01 April 2008: Message edited by: jas ]
Wed, 2008-04-02 06:35
#79
Boom Boom
Woke up to 14 inches of snow on my bridge (porch), and it was heavy snow; I just finished removing it (the teenager we call for this job is away this week). The snow in my driveway is now taller than I am, and I'm six feet. [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Wed, 2008-04-02 11:31
#80
This took me by surprise but ... crocuses, yellow and purple, have popped up in the backyard today. The sun is very warm and there's wind so I washed and hung some white things on the clothesline -- just because I could. [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]
Wed, 2008-04-02 13:58
#81
Polly B
The dog poop is showing up in the yard as the layers of snow melt. Will be mopping mud from the boot room for the next few weeks, but that will be okay because I can go outside and get my hands dirty putting the garden right for spring.
Thu, 2008-04-03 00:56
#82
my weather watch ends here -- spring has come!
with Montreal above the seasonal median, +9C , for the coming week:
[url=http://www.meteomedia.com/fourteenday/caqc0363]http://www.meteomedia.com...
[ 03 April 2008: Message edited by: Geneva ]
Thu, 2008-04-03 03:23
#83
Boom Boom
A little bit of snow here today, then it's bright and sunny right through Monday. However, the damage is done - it will take until the end of May, maybe into June, before all the accumulated snow here melts. I've never seen so much snow in my 58 years. It's unreal. [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Thu, 2008-04-03 03:50
#84
iT's supposed to be 10 degrees here on Friday and snow on Saturday. I love the Global Warming dividend...
Thu, 2008-04-03 03:53
#85
Boom Boom
No global warming dividend here at all - just the opposite. We had our heaviest snowfall this winter on April 2nd! Damn, that made me mad. [img]mad.gif" border="0[/img]
On another track entirely, three dozen Snow Buntings in my backyard are right now feasting on sunflower seeds; here's a link to a drawing of these beautiful birds:
[url=http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0386.htm]http://museum.gov...
Thu, 2008-04-03 06:23
#86
Boom Boom
The snow is so deep that I sank up to my
hip just a few minutes ago, and I had to get the
strongest man in Kegaska to lift my skidoo out
from deep snow so I could continue to make
a path around the house and to the bird feeders.
People here are saying they have never seen
so much snow in their entire lives, and one
of these guys has been here for 70 years.
Thu, 2008-04-03 06:52
#87
The snow on our lawn is getting deeper, too. But that's because our roof is leaking, so I have to shovel *all* the freaking snow off the roof (before I just took off enough so that it wouldn't cave in), and I'm making a series of snowbanks that block the view from our windows.
[img]mad.gif" border="0[/img]
[ 03 April 2008: Message edited by: Stephen Gordon ]
Thu, 2008-04-03 07:27
#88
GAH - my tires were frozen in ice this morning! I stupidly parked in a puddle and I guess it was colder than expected overnight. It's getting up to 6 today - frantically hoping that'll be enough.
Thu, 2008-04-03 07:30
#89
I sat on the patio of my local for lunch yesterday. Still needed the heaters but the sun was nice.
Thu, 2008-04-03 07:36
#90
Boom Boom
Heywood, good friend, I hope you start getting temperatures of 120F in June, 130F in July, and 140F in August. That might teach you to shut the hell up. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Thu, 2008-04-03 09:05
#91
quote:
Originally posted by HeywoodFloyd:
[b]I sat on the patio of my local for lunch yesterday. Still needed the heaters but the sun was nice.[/b]
You had heaters outside on the patio!?
Thu, 2008-04-03 09:23
#92
remind
quote:
Originally posted by Michelle:
[b]You had heaters outside on the patio!?[/b]
Most of the pubs, bars and restaurants, who have outside patios here do too. Big ones that either hang from above, or stand like a halogen pole lamp.
Thu, 2008-04-03 09:24
#93
Gawd almighty. Our planet is going to hell in a handbasket.
Thu, 2008-04-03 09:30
#94
N.Beltov
-29 C and blowing snow in Churchill, Manitoba. But it's a dry cold. Heheh.
Winnipeg, on the other hand, is gurgling to the sound of melting snow, crunching with sand and salt underfoot, and whispering to the freshening breezes of the prairie cracking to life once again.
Thu, 2008-04-03 09:37
#95
Michelle, when I was in Brussels in the wintertime a few years ago, there were a lot of those damned patio heaters. I've never seen them in Amsterdam though; perhaps they are banned. They are also popular in Britain, and environmentalists there are trying to get them banned. I mean, heating the OUTDOORS? [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img]
Here there is a similar problem with heated "shelters" for outdoor smokers, so they can walk out of bars and cafйs and have a cigarette...
Actually, "climate change" means more extreme weather, both droughts and flooding, a general warming trend but also some strangely snowy and/or cold winters.
This winter wasn't particularly cold, actually, but the snow was unreal...
Thu, 2008-04-03 10:29
#96
remind
The warmer the winter the more snow, same thing happened here last winter, very warm lots of snow. This year colder, way colder, and not as much snow.
Fri, 2008-04-04 09:29
#97
N.Beltov
[i]Signs of Spring haiku[/i]
clerk: will winter end?
a dusting of snow today
the sidewalk ice cracks.
[ 04 April 2008: Message edited by: N.Beltov ]
Fri, 2008-04-04 13:42
#98
No sign of spring here today. Snowing and cold. It even smells like winter.
Since 1974 I have written the date when the ice leaves the lake.
The earliest was April 11th 1987 and the latest was May 8th 1978. I think the average was the middle of April.
At the rate things are going now I wonder.
[ 04 April 2008: Message edited by: clersal ]
Fri, 2008-04-04 14:24
#99
Boom Boom
quote:
Originally posted by clersal:
No sign of winter here today.
I suspect you meant to write: "No sign of
[i]spring[/i] here today." However, if you do indeed miss winter that much, just get yourself a ticket, hop on an airplane, and come out here for a visit. It's -10C every night (or colder) and still six feet of snow on the ground, and I'll let you use my skidoo. [img]smile.gif" border="0[/img]
Fri, 2008-04-04 15:09
#100
Thanks Boom Boom. There is also at least 6 feet of snow here and at night it is also -10C and we have roads. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Fri, 2008-04-04 15:43
#101
Boom Boom
You have [i]roads???[/i] You're spoiled! [img]tongue.gif" border="0[/img]