Ah, Minnesota

[laramie]

Sixty-six degrees out and people in t-shirts and shorts are lined up at the Dairy Queen.

I've still got my sweater on, but I'm feeling a little under the weather. I'm not sure if it's a cold or seasonal allergy, but my nose has been stuffy and the NyQuil/Dayquil equivalents haven't been having their usual good effect.

I got some sunshine, though, and that was delightful. I also finished reading Tomb of the Golden Bird, (thanks, cakmpls! I'll return it at the next opportunity.) I will be sad if that's the last we hear of Amelia Peabody and family, but it does offer a good explanation as to why history does not record their involvment with the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Hey, my daughter and her friend went to one of the lakes in swimming suits! (At least they weren't planning to swim.)

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I should hope not. The water must be pretty cold, since there was still snow on the ground a couple days ago. The last of the ice on my front walk didn't melt until yesterday afternoon.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

It's 47F in Virginny and my heat pump is dead! Fortunately, the condo is staying over 65F. Our really good ice cream place opened up for the season last month, but I'd be surprised if they were open today. It's an outdoor place and we got 2" of rain today. Now we're supposed to have more rain with lots of wind.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

47! That's odd, isn't it? I'd expect it to be colder here than there.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

The weather guy had a swoopy arrow coming down below MN, bringing storms and cold to the southern parts of the US. He says that's happening more often.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

It does seem like odd weather is getting to be more the rule than the exception.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

The winds brought down a lot of trees overnight and just about emptied my feeder onto the ground. They're still continuing and when I went out for groceries I parked so the wind would pull the door open, not push it shut.

Cherry Blossom Woes

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Here in Wash DC, it's colder than normal (as noted above) and raining. Better weather in Mpls, but that's not the annoying part: The cold and rain put a major damper on the Cherry Blossoms in the city. This is a Big Deal in DC, with events and concerts. The show went on, but without the scenic backdrop.

Re: Cherry Blossom Woes

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. Were the blossoms just delayed in blooming, or were they killed by late frost?

I'm hoping the lilacs come in okay here. I wasn't seeing buds yet when this last freeze came through.

Re: Cherry Blossom Woes

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

The blossoms came in on time, but they were dead on the trees by Easter. It's always hard to predict when the blossoms will be at their best, so the Festival goes on anyway.

Re: Cherry Blossom Woes

[barondave.livejournal.com]

As above. When I got there (4/13) the blossoms were mostly gone and the remaining were sad. We passed several big Cherry Blossom Festival events in DC, in the rain and cold, with few blossoms to appreciate. Ah, transitory beauty.

A few were still around, brightening an otherwise gray trip. Not, alas, enough.