Weather is relative. Right now, weather.com says it's 47 degrees here in Chicagoland, and if this were July, we'd be fussing about how it's a summertime Polar Vortex and we're so cold. Since we just lived through a real, wintertime PV, 47 feels pretty balmy. I've got all my windows open to get as much fresh air as possible into the house. Be gone, stale winter air!
And how many days until Spring???
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Friday, March 7, 2014
Sunday, April 12, 2009
It's Still Not Spring
Happy Easter to Everyone! Here in Chicagoland, it's been sunny all day but we're still waiting for it to feel like Spring. Right now it's 45 degrees at about 7:00 in the evening, and the warmest day in weather.com's 10-day forecast for Schaumburg is 60 degrees for next Friday. Brrrrrrrrr .... It's all relative, of course. I still have my weather printout from the day in February when it was -9.
Anyway, I had my windows open this afternoon and the fresh air was bracing but even so, it's almost mid-April with no 70 degree days in sight. We're probably past the danger of a hard freeze but I'm still not quite ready to plant my tomatoes.
On another subject, I've been Skype-ing up a storm recently, with a couple of long conversations with my sister in Oregon, as well as a nice long talk with my niece in Chile. For some reason when I was talking to Laura my webcam wasn't connecting right so we couldn't see each other, but it was still so cool to be talking to her via the computer. The sound was crystal clear, much better than most cell phone conversations I've had, even with people right here in Chicago, and it's free. What could be better!
Anyway, I had my windows open this afternoon and the fresh air was bracing but even so, it's almost mid-April with no 70 degree days in sight. We're probably past the danger of a hard freeze but I'm still not quite ready to plant my tomatoes.
On another subject, I've been Skype-ing up a storm recently, with a couple of long conversations with my sister in Oregon, as well as a nice long talk with my niece in Chile. For some reason when I was talking to Laura my webcam wasn't connecting right so we couldn't see each other, but it was still so cool to be talking to her via the computer. The sound was crystal clear, much better than most cell phone conversations I've had, even with people right here in Chicago, and it's free. What could be better!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Almost Spring...
As I'm writing this it's 61 degrees here in Chicagoland and it feels pretty good. Even though Spring is officially a couple of weeks away, it's so nice to be able to have my windows open and fill my house with fresh air. I actually went outside without a coat today, which I haven't done since last October.
I was also surprised to see that this is the week-end that we "spring forward" our clocks for daylight savings time - it kind of snuck up on me. It really has been a cold and dreary winter in the Windy City so it's nice to be able to anticipate the warmer weather and the longer days. I always say that people who live in Los Angeles and other warmer climates don't appreciate Spring the way we do. You can't really savor that first warm, sunny day until you've lived through a Chicago winter. Just a few more weeks and it will be time to plant my tomatoes ...
I was also surprised to see that this is the week-end that we "spring forward" our clocks for daylight savings time - it kind of snuck up on me. It really has been a cold and dreary winter in the Windy City so it's nice to be able to anticipate the warmer weather and the longer days. I always say that people who live in Los Angeles and other warmer climates don't appreciate Spring the way we do. You can't really savor that first warm, sunny day until you've lived through a Chicago winter. Just a few more weeks and it will be time to plant my tomatoes ...
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