Spring is just around the corner

slobake

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Looks like the drought is finally over here in Northern California. It has been raining pretty steady most of the winter. I am glad but I am also glad it finally stopped raining. Opened our skylight on Sunday and put the screens back in our windows. The breeze flowing though the house felt good.
Today we have blue skies and sunshine and I can hear birds calling for a mate. I also got to get back on my bike and ride to work. I am very happy to be back in the saddle.
How are things where you live?
 
Still raining up here. That doesn't stop me from riding the motorcycle to work. It just means I'm wet. The difference is that it's warmer now. We have another three months of gray according to the usual patterns. Then it will be spectacular for a few months and it's all worth it.

And, I planted peas and spinach yesterday. We have a little back yard, but that doesn't stop me from pretending I'm a farmer every year. I usually don't get peas and spinach in the ground this early. They are cold weather crops, which means getting 'em in early is the right idea. Peppers and tomatoes are for planting in May or June. We will have lettuce, too. Nothing from the cabbage family for a while, because we have been growing cabbage, kale, and collards for a few years and don't have anywhere to rotate them to any more. I may get a few potatoes to bury to see if we get another decent potato crop. If you haven't had freshly dug red potatoes, you are missing a treat. They don't taste anything like mealy or hard potatoes from the supermarket. I don't mind planting in the rain. Rain makes things grow and that makes me happy.

Plus, there's baseball in the sports section of the newspaper. Another couple weeks to opening day. Then it really will be spring.
 
After yet another record breaking warm dry February, we are flirting with a little cold and rain. A lot of rain and daytime highs in the middle 50's but it's just the southern tip of a big cold front pushing SE out of the upper midwest.

As water temps in the gulf continue to trend upward, warm wet offshore breezes get stronger and push further inland befor stalling, changing our traditionally cold wet months into mild dry months.
 
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