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Fri May-12-06 06:02 PM
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Mid May and I'm turning the furnace back on tonight. My newly leafed |
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maples have leaves on the tips of their branches that are changing color. What the heck is going on here?
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Fri May-12-06 06:03 PM
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1. Where is 'here'? I'm in TX and turned the a/c off 2 days ago; |
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this next week is supposed to be great, lows in the 50s. VERY odd for Texas in May, but I'm loving not having to pay the a/c bill.
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Fri May-12-06 06:06 PM
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3. SE quandrant of Iowa.... |
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This week has been cold and rainy. It feels like late October. Yesterday the high was 55, and there's no way it made it that high today. I don't care what the weatherman says. I have my winter jammies on and my woolly slipper and I'm still freezing.
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Fri May-12-06 06:07 PM
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4. SE Iowa also - started up the corn stove and the wood burner. |
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Fri May-12-06 06:09 PM
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I don't think my feet will ever get warm again. I hope the tomatoes make it through. I've already had to replant one of my containers on the deck.
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Fri May-12-06 09:30 PM
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29. Had tomatoes til NOVEMBER last year! |
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Remember last May? really bad frost around the 15th? Killed all my apples.
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Fri May-12-06 06:08 PM
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I am freezing and just decided the heck with it , I am turning my heat back on...winter jammies and all...shivering here with ya.
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Fri May-12-06 06:17 PM
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14. I turned mine off, in fact, I haven't used it much, so far. Nice break |
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on the a/c bill. I've decided that I will go as long as I can before turning it back on. I can take the heat and my husband who can't, doesn't get home until after nine, so I can get away with not turning on the a/c during the day.
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Fri May-12-06 06:20 PM
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18. I'm loving it as I dread the a/c bills coming up this summer. |
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Also, this cooler weather is probably cooling the gulf/ocean, which might help deter hurricanes, which I also worry about.
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Fri May-12-06 06:03 PM
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2. Welcome to global warming |
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One of the first signs is erratic weather.
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Fri May-12-06 06:08 PM
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6. its because the Aspens are turning. |
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Fri May-12-06 06:13 PM
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Fri May-12-06 06:17 PM
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15. forgive me, I'm in a silly mood! |
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Fri May-12-06 06:09 PM
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7. Cinci and its 48, rainy |
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I've had heat on for 2 days. Still have my winter comforter on the bed. WEIRD!!!!
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Fri May-12-06 06:10 PM
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9. We do too. And the flannel sheets. |
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Fri May-12-06 06:12 PM
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10. Have seen snow flurries on Mothers Day in Pa. |
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Edited on Fri May-12-06 06:14 PM by jedr
Sort of normal to have a wet cool spell mid to late May here in the Mid Atlantic....really one of the nicest springs I can remember in years. Not to take away from the global warming thing, just enjoying it.
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Fri May-12-06 06:54 PM
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25. Here we call it the blackberry spell. The blackberry vines are blooming |
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happens every year. But we were running the air conditioner a couple weeks ago for a week or so. like I said earlier it happens every year at this time
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Fri May-12-06 07:04 PM
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27. Yes, "blackberry winter" |
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That's what my grandmother used to call the last cold spell of spring.
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Fri May-12-06 10:20 PM
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31. Yes! That's what my dad called it today. :^) |
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Fri May-12-06 10:22 PM
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32. It coincides with the bloom of the blackberry vines, |
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theres nothing quite like blackberry cobbler or jelly. hmmm, hmmm good.
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Fri May-12-06 09:18 PM
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28. Interesting , I've never heard that term before; |
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And I'm no spring chicken....is it midwestern?
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Fri May-12-06 10:18 PM
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30. eastern oklahoma here |
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Fri May-12-06 10:44 PM
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...now I want to find some blackberries! I bet there's a bumper crop if the cool weather contributes to their development. Yum.
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Fri May-12-06 06:12 PM
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11. Western IA and we put the heating blanket back on a few weeks ago. |
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Today was almost springish here, but we haven't put any garden stuff in yet (partially because I'm too lazy)
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Fri May-12-06 06:15 PM
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65-70 beautiful spring weather
1 tornado south
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Fri May-12-06 06:19 PM
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we have had a respite from our usual heat. It was in the 50's last night, and about 70 today. Not record breaking, but rather cool for this time of year.
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Fri May-12-06 06:20 PM
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19. Gee, I Did Hear Something About A Cold Front... |
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Hasn't moved down to my part of the woods yet!
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Fri May-12-06 06:29 PM
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22. It reached Tampa - it was GORGEOUS today! |
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and I spent most of the day inside at the computer awaiting word from my man Fitz.
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Fri May-12-06 06:41 PM
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24. I'm Not Too Far South... |
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Could be that I'm close to the water, but I do think the temps were down some. Still, it ain't very cool! I'd open the windows, but EEOOWW, EEOOWW That Smell!
Checked for Red Tide, but Nada!
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Fri May-12-06 06:19 PM
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17. Well, C'mon Down Here To The Land Of Cruella! |
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It's PLENTY hot here! I tried so hard NOT to turn my air conditioner on, but gave in the first of this week!
Actually, I think I could have held out a little longer, but I live about a mile away from the Gulf and there was this AWFUL smell coming from there and I was nauseous all the time. We've had no rain in so long and I think it's dried up sea-weed because even the Gulf waters are low!
Can't even go outside to get a sun tan!!
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Fri May-12-06 06:28 PM
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21. NW Ohio, and I had ICE on my windshield this morning. |
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And by "morning" I mean it was still there when I got out of the house about noon.
I've had the furnace off since early April, though. Looking forward to that next gas bill!
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Fri May-12-06 06:36 PM
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23. One memorial Day weekend I planted flowers, and on Tuesday |
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IT SNOWED AND LAID A LAYER OF ICE ON ALL MY BABY PLANTS :cry: (when we lived in Northern Indiana)
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Fri May-12-06 07:01 PM
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26. ya turned on the furnace last night |
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39 degrees and wind...cool and wet spring so far this year but that`s fine with me .we need every once of rain here in northern illinois. we are still below normal on soil moisture
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Fri May-12-06 10:33 PM
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34. Yup, Chance of SNOW tonight. in No. Illinois. nt |
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Fri May-12-06 10:23 PM
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33. It snowed here in Kalamazoo, MI this morning |
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No accumulation, but for about ten minutes big flakes fell and melted as they hit the groun. But still....SNOW IN MAY?
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Fri May-12-06 10:40 PM
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Edited on Fri May-12-06 10:46 PM by susanna
...lots of folks planted tomatoes in mid-April because of unseasonably WARM weather; they're all dying. Since I'm the resident gardener at work, they're asking me why it's happening. I pointed out we have had about four frosts since then, and tomatoes don't like that.
Tonight is going to the low 40s; we turned our heater back on for the time being. I am chomping at the bit, though, with about ten varieties of vegetable seedlings hanging out under grow lights and ready for the garden. The old timers' wisdom here in Michigan is that Memorial Day is the day for planting sensitive annuals, and this year is proving them right. That said, my neighbor's sugar maple is turning colors on the leaf tips as well...and THAT is strange, but I have no idea what to make of it since it has been such an up-and-down spring.
Some notes: my normally "foolproof" spring crops (peas, spring onions, carrots, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, cauliflower) are not doing very well this year at all; very small and weak - not really achieving their size, and I am beginning to doubt a harvest before summer crops are due to be planted. The only exception seems to be kale. It's in its glory for some reason.
on edit: spring onions, not onions...doh
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