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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Dogwood Winter

Right on cue, as the dogwood in our front yard started to bloom, an epic cool down arrived.  After temperatures in the 70s for several days, waking up to snow flying outside my window was a rather abrupt reminder that spring temperatures are never particularly reliable.  Indeed, even now, the snow is nearly gone after covering everything this morning with a fresh coat of white.  Temperatures should warm into the 40s before tonights hard freeze.  Some of the plants are already looking tired and cold while others are still trying to act as if spring didn't hit the pause button.

When I got up, I grabbed a camera and headed straight outside.  Around here you never know how long the snow will hang around.  Now I'm glad I was in such a hurry.  Here are a few of the pictures I took.

The woods received a fresh coat of white.

The maples are wishing they had waited a few more days to leaf out. 

The daffodils are already feeling pretty cold. 

Forsythia brings some bright cheer to an otherwise drab day. 

Ground with lots of sun exposure was still warm enough to melt most of the snowfall. 

Redbuds are just starting to bloom.  The ones who haven't are probably much better off now.

6 comments:

  1. Snow on the Dogwood blooms. That should about do it for winter.

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  2. David
    It is suppose to be in the upper 20's here tonight. Ruin my fishing trip for tomorrow, I hate to fish behind a cold front. Thanks for sharing some great shots of what I hope is the last of the snow down south for this year.

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    1. Bill, I hear you about fishing behind a cold front. The fish seem to get lockjaw. I'm still going to try and get out on the Caney though since we're seeing the first window without generation in a while.

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  3. We got the same in New England this morning, crazy weather for mid April!

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    1. Mark, I'll bet it's probably even colder up there. Definitely an oddity for this time of year but hopefully spring will return shortly.

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