Why I do this to myself? Last weekend, I was stupid enough to think that it was actually spring. Last Sunday, it was 25C – that’s 77F for my lovely American friends. All the snow had melted. Everyone came out of hibernation and littered the front lawns of my neighborhood. We played at the park. Went for long walks without jackets. Then Mama Nature sent a big Eff You to all of us summer-hungry Northerners.
And now? This is the view of my backyard:
Poor little sandbox never had a chance.
Lest you think winter has only invaded the back, here’s proof that nature has gone insane in the front too:
Global warming, my ass.
The sad thing is, these pictures don’t even do the immense suckitude justice.
I don’t know why I’m surprised. Every year we get one last dump of snow. But usually, it lasts a day and melts the next. It has been snowing since Saturday and isn’t supposed to stop until tomorrow. With the windchill it is minus fucking 20 degrees (-4F).
If you’ve already bought me my dream house in a tropical location, now would be the time to mail me the keys.
The only thing I like about this @#$%^&* snow is that I can still wear a bulky sweater to hide my winter hibernation rolls….
Testify, Sister, testify.
This is just silly. Who gets this much snow in April!!!! The saying is April SHOWERS bring May flowers, not April SNOW makes living here BLOW.
Now keep warm.
Totally SUCKS. I can’t even talk about it – I’m soooo mad.
Some bimbo on BT this mornign had the nerve to say just dress warmer, leave early and drive slower! WTF? Is this woman insane? Does she enjoy wearing snow boots (non fashionable ones) and a parka? Walking dogs in the blizzard? Shoveling endless amounts of snow? Some people need to have their attitudes adjusted.
OK I forgot to add, I just heard my husband say “It’s good for the farmers”. Piss Off.
Doh! It looks pretty… does that count for anything?
So I guess you probably don’t want to see the bright, sunny pictures from the zoo I just posted. Don’t worry, I won’t mention them. Oops.
dude…how far North do you live?
personally, i’m sick of Mother Nature fucking with us here in Ottawa. a week ago we have four feet of snow on the ground, but the 25C weather that’s been going on has melted it all. which is great….except for the fact that normals for this time are around 10C, and since Ottawa is known for it’s cru-zazy weather…..i’m just waiting for the snow to drop!
i mean, it’s not even noon, it’s 22C here, but 6 days ago we had snow and freezing rain. Environment Canada even issued a winter storm warning.
well, i hope your snow doesn’t last long….and i really hope it doesn’t end up here!!!
Cate – Not far enough north to warrant this ridiculousness! I think all of Alberta was hit (and some of BC). I hear it’s heading east – I will cross my fingers that it doesn’t get as far as Ottawa!
I feel your pain.
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oh no friend!!
this truly has been the longest winter of my life. and i love winter. but not this year.
i promise to go outside later this afternoon and blow our warm spring air your direction!!
To Catnip- I’m a farmer and even I don’t like this weather. I’d rather have the moisture in the form of warm rain!
I am so sorry! It’s like 60 something here and has bee GORGEOUS for the past week or so. Which just means we are either going to get one more hit of snow, or summer is gonna suck the big one.
Go away snow!
I love snow, but that is too much! Maybe next weekend, spring will show up again to stay.
Holy crap! Where do you live, the Canadian Rockies??
Same depressing story down here, and this city has The Worst snow removal program ever. Our blizzard started on Friday and nary a sander or snowplow in sight. Meanwhile there were probably 500 accidents this weekend in the city.
I don’t even live on a main or bus route, and I just saw a sander and a plow go down our street … Twice! Too late ya morons! The storms Over!
And Fuck You Mother Nature!
Hi Mom
I will pass your sentiments on to my husband!
that truly sucks. if i could have afforded a house with an extra room i would invite you down to sunny LA but the prices here are so out of control i haven’t a square (foot) to spare. hope it melts soon. true suckage.
Holy crap. Sucks to be you.
I know, not a lot of sympathy. But seriously, you saw the pics of our yard. We still have residual snow from the immense suckitude of a winter that we had.
I’m gonna take a wild guess here and say I should keep the news of a tan I got over the weekend to myself, huh?
That is totally horrid. I would be stark raving mad right about now, if I were you.
I’m not in the tropics but you’re more than welcome. It still sucks sweaty goat balls here. But at least they’re warm sweaty goat balls.
Don’t know how you Canadians do it. My daffodils have already come and gone, my tulips and lilacs are out and I’m watching my peonies form buds.
Not to rub it in or anything, but Virginia has a lovely climate. You should come hang out.
OMG! That is unreal. I have to say though, coming from a country where we NEVER have snow, those pictures are absolutely beautiful. However, I would not like to live with it. We are at the end of summer here (Johannesburg, South Africa) and it is starting to get a bit cooler. By that I mean that we have to wear a jacket at night or early morning. Our days are still gloriously warm and our flip-flops are still very much the footwear of the day! Sorry to make you feel worse!!!
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Hi Andi – thought I would take some ‘comparison’ photos. check my blog to see what my front yard looks like today!
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Awww…I’m sorry. I grew up in Upstate NY, so I get this, totally. We’ve had snowfall in May. Spring will come, but not nearly soon enough for all the winter-weary people.
Here in Philadelphia, we had maybe four inches all winter.
It’s still fucking snowing. There is still a Heavy Snowfall Warning. We’ve already gotten almost 30 cm. That’s right people – almost 12 inches in 4 days! And we’re supposed to get up to 10 more centimeters today (about 4 inches.) I just want to go back to bed and get up in July. Ugh.
Wendy – I checked out your pictures. Color me jealous! It looks so beautiful there. When are you sending me my plane ticket?
Holy crud. We just took down our little plant tent things this past weekend. Is it any consolation that we lost our only bathing source just as the first hot snap hit…my pregnant nose is raging, I just took my first shower in 43 hours and it was seriously about 27 hours too late. Ugh.
I don’t have keys to a tropical getaway, but you can have the back room in our house…
Now I feel guilty for complaining about how hot it is here already, in Arizona (it’s been in the 90s already this month). You’re welcome anytime.
I guess I shouldn’t mention that I was sweating at the park on this most gorgeous day in central Indiana.
I should probably not submit this comment as karma (and snow) will bite me in the ass tomorrow.
I hate spring.
She is a total cock tease.
Sigh.
and i’m sweating here in the heat! That snow looks so lovely to me!
so what i was wondering the other day, as we suffered spring snow in michigan, was: is this ‘indian winter’ as 70 degrees in november is ‘indian summer’?
and if not, why not?
Spring is a faithless mistress. Even as I took the kids for a walk this afternoon, admiring the daffodils, I kept thinking, “It’s probably going to snow one more time. You know it is.” For the last five years, probably, we’ve gotten one big shocking snowstorm at the end of April, after all the flowers have finally braved the cold and bloomed. I am determined not to be crushed by it this time.
All this to say, I am SO sorry. Because snow after six months of cold weather genuinely feels like a punch in the gut.
Are you sure you don’t live in Seattle. This is exactly the kind of shit that’s been happening here.
Soon, Andi, soon. I promise.
OMG. I am bracing myself. On the weekend I was gardening, weeding, raking the lawn and getting my first sunburn of the year.
Tonight? We are in for a “winter storm”.
Excuse me? It’s SPRING.
Oh yeah. It’s also Winnipeg.
Don’t put that snowblower away yet, honey.
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EEEWWWW!
My sympathies. I hate the stuff.