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March So Cruel, Part III
Today was long- awaited Scrap Quilt Club Saturday! We gathered from 9 to 3 and worked on various projects. I am off to a slow start on this year's projects, but I was able to bring this finished project to show and tell today. It will need to be quilted, and I am thinking of trying to machine quilt it myself since it is not very big. Now, on to the next challenge!
When I drove to the meeting place this morning, the streets were dry, and all of Friday's snow had melted overnight. Pear trees were in bloom along the roads. But a Winter Storm Watch was upon us. About 1 p.m. the first flake fell. By the time I was in the parking lot clearing off the car about 3:30, nearly 2 inches of very wet, sticky, heavy snow had accumulated and was coating the driveways, walks and streets. Still, I made it home without trouble. Even let Gracie show her stuff by chugging up a fairly steep hill that hadn't been treated...and she didn't slip once! Sadly, at home I discovered this daffodil from yesterday, bearing a 2-inch snow hat.
The row of bushes and daffodils along the driveway looks very different than it did three days ago, or even 24 hours ago! About 2 more inches of snow fell after I took this picture.
In the back yard, birds had started a feeding frenzy. The two feeders on the left have caps almost 4 inches high on them. This was a zoom shot, and the birds were flying about so quickly that they don't show up clearly. Norm was glad he filled the feeders Friday night when it was calm.
Meanwhile, out front, the redbud I photographed yesterday with snow frosting its buds was completely encased in white. Actually, this may not be all bad. A hard freeze is forecast tonight, with the low around 26F. The snow, however, will insulate the buds it is covering so perhaps something will survive. Certainly we have had worse snowfalls in March--I recall some 15 inches that fell in mid March one year in the late 1970s. But this is enough already! Another storm, this one with sleet, is forecast for Tuesday. Finally it will get into the 50s toward the end of the week. It's enough to make a sane person buy a plane ticket for Florida!
Today was long- awaited Scrap Quilt Club Saturday! We gathered from 9 to 3 and worked on various projects. I am off to a slow start on this year's projects, but I was able to bring this finished project to show and tell today. It will need to be quilted, and I am thinking of trying to machine quilt it myself since it is not very big. Now, on to the next challenge!
When I drove to the meeting place this morning, the streets were dry, and all of Friday's snow had melted overnight. Pear trees were in bloom along the roads. But a Winter Storm Watch was upon us. About 1 p.m. the first flake fell. By the time I was in the parking lot clearing off the car about 3:30, nearly 2 inches of very wet, sticky, heavy snow had accumulated and was coating the driveways, walks and streets. Still, I made it home without trouble. Even let Gracie show her stuff by chugging up a fairly steep hill that hadn't been treated...and she didn't slip once! Sadly, at home I discovered this daffodil from yesterday, bearing a 2-inch snow hat.
The row of bushes and daffodils along the driveway looks very different than it did three days ago, or even 24 hours ago! About 2 more inches of snow fell after I took this picture.
In the back yard, birds had started a feeding frenzy. The two feeders on the left have caps almost 4 inches high on them. This was a zoom shot, and the birds were flying about so quickly that they don't show up clearly. Norm was glad he filled the feeders Friday night when it was calm.
Meanwhile, out front, the redbud I photographed yesterday with snow frosting its buds was completely encased in white. Actually, this may not be all bad. A hard freeze is forecast tonight, with the low around 26F. The snow, however, will insulate the buds it is covering so perhaps something will survive. Certainly we have had worse snowfalls in March--I recall some 15 inches that fell in mid March one year in the late 1970s. But this is enough already! Another storm, this one with sleet, is forecast for Tuesday. Finally it will get into the 50s toward the end of the week. It's enough to make a sane person buy a plane ticket for Florida!
1 comment:
We have about a half inch of snow covering everything this morning. I had a purple crocus blooming, but no other flowers yet. Daffodils and tulips are tall, but not blooming yet. It looks really pretty outside now. Hope the yucky storm doesn't hit you on Tuesday. Love looking at your quilts.
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