Contrarian that I am, the phrase “beware the ides of March” come to mind because I have a difficult time believing temperatures won’t rebound to semi-normal at some point. In this area it’s rare that abnormal temperatures last through two or more seasons. A warm winter does not promise a warm spring, and sometimes even seems to bring its opposite in the next season.
An appearance of winter once gardens are planted and fruit trees are blooming is not what anyone wants to see.
Has my photo today caused consternation? I decided that I’d better put a hint in the title of today’s post before people thought I was posting an upside down photo. I even toyed with the idea of flipping the photo around so the trees are right side up, but that just looked weird, as the shoreline of the pond then appears to be in the sky. The pond is rarely so still that a reflected image appears so perfectly to be the normal view.
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Excellent shot! All the tree buds up here are starting bud out. Soon I'll have a bit of reddish tint to the maples.
Love the picture! Your title made all the difference - I think I would have been confused briefly without it, but not for long. :)
I have to agree that I've also been waiting for the temps to plummmet after the warm weather last week. It's been more seasonable the last few days, but we're forecasted to get temps back in the 60s by tomorrow. I'm starting to wonder if we're going to have a spring at all, or just jump to summer by mid-April...
Even with the help of the title I was still "consternated" - it doesn't take much to confuse me these days! I can see it's a great photo though, even without having to stand on my head.
We have a threat of winter in the forecast for the week, then a promise of summer - and that's what spring always seems to be.
Cathy: Some of the trees are starting to develop that "fuzzy" look. I think (hope) it's still a ways off before the leaves are out. I like my open view. Once the leaves are out, I'm back to living in the "green box" until fall agian.
Cynthia:...as long as it doesn't snow in May. I had more snow in October than during the entire winter, so I'm not ruling out some weird weather in April just yet.
John: No promise of late winter weather here for the foreseeable forecast. Unless the weather turns in April, winter here is done, I'm afraid--not that I ever had one this year.
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