Thursday, April 25, 2013

april 25 Sunshine, snow, sunshine, repeat

This aspen, growing in town where it's slightly warmer, has already busted out with leaves.  

 Stuff keeps getting in the way of posting here.  I wanted to keep track of the weather and temps each day, so a year from now I will be able  to note how spring progresses compared to now.   The last few days have been wildly fluctuating weather-wise.  Sun, clouds, very cold, pleasant. Probably the only constant has been the wind. Always the wind in the spring.
So, going on memory now,...
22nd dawned very cold, about 13 degrees. I lost some plants in the garden that were not protected enough.
The 23rd was nicer, but so breezy that it continued to feel cold. I think it was near 20 in the morning, and supposedly got up to about 50, but didn't feel like it.  I had on a hooded sweatshirt all day and wanted more.
Yesterday, it was again cold in the morning, around 18, but with clear skies, and a bit less wind, it seemed pretty nice.  I think it got up in the mid to high 50's by afternoon.
And then today, it was downright warm in the morning. Near 40 degrees at 7am!  But we are completely socked in with clouds, so it hasn't warmed up much since.  The forecast is for snow showers or rain showers, maybe some thunder....
 This is the stage for most of the aspens around here... still flowering.
  This was taken Tuesday, when suddenly snow clouds rolled in. Yep, that is snow headed my way.  Didn't accumulate, just felt wet and raw.

Hummer!  I had to take this with my ipad through the kitchen window, so of course, it's not a great photo.  this little guy sat on a branch in the trees behind for the longest time before he finally decided to fly to the feeder. I don't know what they eat otherwise. There sure isn't much growing. Maybe they feed on the aspen flowers!

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