Heat wave!
It's the "January thaw" here in New Hampshire.
The temperatures have been gradually warming all week, and as I write this it is 50 degrees out! Most of the snow has melted with the exception of large piles that were snowbanks, drifts etc. It's raining and the unseasonable warm air is causing quite a bit of fog and mist.
Seeing the "stuff" strewn about in the yard that was freed by the melting snow makes me impatient for spring and the resume of cleaning up the grounds, clearing brush, and building stuff.
The pathways that were worn in the snow by going out to take care of the animals every day are down to bare ground (OK, bare mud) and the rest of the areas are covered in a couple of inches of ice from repeated thawing and freezing. The guineas slide all over the place as they run across it. I haven't fallen yet.
After the freezing cold, I'm so energised by the quick little thaw that if our little pond wasn't frozen over, I'd go jump in to celebrate.
It's all over tomorrow though. Temperature in the daytime is supposed to be in the low 20's with an dip down to 6 degrees tomorrow night. Probably some snow too. It really personifies the old saying that "if you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a minute".
The temperatures have been gradually warming all week, and as I write this it is 50 degrees out! Most of the snow has melted with the exception of large piles that were snowbanks, drifts etc. It's raining and the unseasonable warm air is causing quite a bit of fog and mist.
Seeing the "stuff" strewn about in the yard that was freed by the melting snow makes me impatient for spring and the resume of cleaning up the grounds, clearing brush, and building stuff.
The pathways that were worn in the snow by going out to take care of the animals every day are down to bare ground (OK, bare mud) and the rest of the areas are covered in a couple of inches of ice from repeated thawing and freezing. The guineas slide all over the place as they run across it. I haven't fallen yet.
After the freezing cold, I'm so energised by the quick little thaw that if our little pond wasn't frozen over, I'd go jump in to celebrate.
It's all over tomorrow though. Temperature in the daytime is supposed to be in the low 20's with an dip down to 6 degrees tomorrow night. Probably some snow too. It really personifies the old saying that "if you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a minute".
posted by MVTCoPete | 4:22 PM
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