We snowed our way out of February.
I plowed, and Bill ran the snow blower yesterday.
Today, we're freezing our way into March.
We may have had winds and temps down to zero last week, but I told Bill after this morning's chores that today's 14 degrees with no wind is the coldest I've felt all winter.
It's also very beautiful outside.
Jaw dropping, in fact.
On the first walk down the lane with Bridie this morning, even the woven wire fence was sparkling in the pre-dawn light.
Millions and millions of tiny ice crystals are on display everywhere and pretty much on every outdoor entity.
Sort of a "Dr. Zhivago" look.
I love days like today IN January, but March 1? Once more we're seeing the trend for North Idaho winters to linger/loiter? far beyond what I can remember back in the good ol' days.
March of the good ol' days was usually messy and ugly with dead snow, growing brown patches and mud.
Granted this stuff is pretty, but some of us are "so done with winter" and not open for a lecture on how we need all this snow so there won't be forest fires in the summer.
I think the demographic of "some of us" to which I'm referring may have lived here a year or two and possibly have experienced enough winter for several lifetimes.
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Speaking of cold, locals can go get a DD Bar again. Word is out that Dubs has reopened to 100 percent--Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Welcome news for the community. Wishing the new proprietors the best of luck.
It's GAME DAY today as the ZAGS finish their regular season with a game which is not supposed to be a nail biter. After all, it's Senior Night.
The ZAGS take on the Cougars from Chicago State University.
Game starts at 6 p.m. PST and will be broadcast on KHQ Channel 6.
GO, ZAGS!
Happy Wednesday!
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Liam had some fresh licking spots yesterday. Snow cones with his ice. No need for him to go to Dubs. |
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Snowy days bring the flickers to the suet. Flickers are very shy, so I had to grab my shots from the couch. Otherwise, the second I stand up, the flicker flies away. Beautiful birds. |
1 comment:
Perhaps a memory adjustment here....but back in the day, I can remember plenty of years when the snow didn't melt away enough to allow the sight of bare ground until early April. The visions of the running track behind old SHS with its mud still linger as they routinely prevented our practice for competitive track. Coeur d'Alene had usually been practicing for a month before we could start about mid-April. The long winters made our track seasons ridiculously short. The ditches in front of our place on N. Boyer were usually overflowing with snow melt in April.
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