Friday, March 12, 2010

And the weatherman says......

It's March 12, 2010. We haven't had snow all winter. Well at least not where I live. We have had temperatures as high as 16 Celsius. People have been walking around in shorts. The cherry blossoms are in bloom, the tulips and crocuses are rearing their heads, the garden shops are encouraging us to plant our late spring early summer bulbs. So wasn't I surprised when I came downstairs this morning to see snow falling. Yes snow!

I know my friends in the eastern part of the country are still experiencing the evil white stuff, but this is the first snowfall we have had in my area this year! Yes there has been snow on the mountains and skiing has been fantastic at our local mountain, it has over 500cm of snow!! Never understood why they didn't hold some of the Olympic events on that mountain....ah I digress.

So with camera in hand I went onto the back porch and started to take some shots of the white stuff...when what should I come upon but dear ol Robin Red Breast. He looked just as confused as I am feeling about this white stuff.I was suppose to go for my run this morning but even as I type this the snow is falling harder and the ground is getting whiter....I think I will have to just settle for going on my stepper. Happy Weekend to you all!

6 comments:

Akelamalu said...

Well I'm hoping we've seen the last of the snow - I want Spring and warmth. Robins here are much smaller and greyish with just the top part of the breast coloured red. Interesting to see the difference.

Carver said...

Wow, your flowers are ahead of ours. We are starting to have daffodils and crocuses but have a ways to go for cherry blossoms and tulips. Lovely shots of your spring snow. I love the robin standing there and I can see him or her thinking, what the heck it's supposed to be warmer not colder.

Leslie: said...

I saw robins yesterday! And my tulips have buds on them - just waiting for them to bloom any day now. And the cherry blossoms are in full bloom here. It's so weird and I'm sure hoping we don't get some sort of delayed winter storm here!

Powell River Books said...

Hasn't this weather been crazy? We had a bit of snow at the cabin, but it melted the instant it landed. Wednesday we had pretty strong winds and last week I was sunbathing. What's next? - Margy

Flowers said...

Beautiful.... the pictures and words were a joy to see and read... :O)

LindsayDianne said...

Honestly... I was so not impressed to see snow.
In March?? No thanks.