I hope it stays that warm in Germany, otherwise the newborn plants will easily die. I've just had 1/2 h fun scraping 5mm ice rain off my car. That was my workout for today. I wish the weather would stay either warm or cold up here. Temperatures frequently change 10 degrees or more from one day to the next, it's driving me nuts. Best, B.
Here in Tennessee we are having a quite mild winter overall, but it changes a lot the way Bee describes up there. Yesterday's high was 69 (F, sorry I'm a stubborn American about the celcius conversion ;-) ), but today it is about 35 and falling. We sometimes get three seasons in one day! The only flowers blooming so far are the creeping phlox and candytufts which are probably a month or so early. The crocus are so pretty.
While Bee has experienced at least some kind of winter in Waterloo, ON, the south-western part of Germany has had two or three nights of mild frost so far, and no snow at all. This weekend, I was at my parents' place for my mother's birthday. That's what I saw in the garden:
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A Rose! In case you live in Southern California, you may say so what, and it's not even open - but the small village where my mother lives is not California. It has a relatively tough climate, and the last roses of autumn can usually be seen around mid-November.
So, winter is just late this year? Maybe, but then, look at this:
"Winter? Which Winter?"
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I hope it stays that warm in Germany, otherwise the newborn plants will easily die. I've just had 1/2 h fun scraping 5mm ice rain off my car. That was my workout for today. I wish the weather would stay either warm or cold up here. Temperatures frequently change 10 degrees or more from one day to the next, it's driving me nuts. Best, B.
3:51 PM, January 15, 2007
Climate change aside, they're beautiful!
-cvj
7:10 PM, January 15, 2007
Beautiful flowers - kind of plastic-artificial - even Clifford is jealous.
We in Greater Boston had the beautiful spring Saturday two weeks ago but it is f*@#@ raining and cold all the time which causes headaches etc.
9:13 PM, January 15, 2007
New Jersey
10:22 PM, January 15, 2007
Here in Tennessee we are having a quite mild winter overall, but it changes a lot the way Bee describes up there. Yesterday's high was 69 (F, sorry I'm a stubborn American about the celcius conversion ;-) ), but today it is about 35 and falling. We sometimes get three seasons in one day! The only flowers blooming so far are the creeping phlox and candytufts which are probably a month or so early. The crocus are so pretty.
9:09 AM, January 16, 2007
THIS WINTER!
12:12 PM, January 24, 2007