Last year winter lasted until the end of February, and by winter I mean snow and fun winter activities.
This year our last weekend of winter was midway through February. So what's the weather been like for the past month? One long transition. We had nice 50 degree weather for a couple days and then it was back down to well below freezing, but without any of the lovely snow to make it fun and exciting. And that's how it's been for the past month. Warm up. Cold. Warm up. Cold. I think this is a much more typical spring, but last year I was spoiled. It was winter until the end of February and by this time last year Mark and I had already been canoeing (yes canoeing) twice and had ridden our bikes countless times! There were flowers popping up everywhere. The grass was green!
This past week it finally started feeling like spring. The flowers are just starting to peek up their heads. Temps got up to 60 on Thursday. On Tuesday, the little girls I babysit and I had a picnic outside in the sunny 45 degree temperatures. Birds can be heard singing all over the place. Almost all the snow is gone.
BUT. Now it's raining. And tomorrow it will rain. Then it might SNOW! What's going on? Spring once you've come you need to stay! Thursday and Friday the lows are around 10! Silly me, I'd thought about packing up some of my winter clothes. Good thing I didn't because 10 degrees is going to feel mighty cold after a week of above freezing.
Luckily, I'm going to retreat from all this nonsense and go to FLORIDA next Sunday! Beautiful, warm, Florida. Hopefully when I return to Wisconsin a week later Spring will be here to stay. :-)
