Nell wrote:

Speaking of nasties....



Great beautiful snow here in Colorado Springs and it has lasted for more
than one day! :-) . Often times we will get a huge amount (or small) of
snow, bitter cold, windy - the kind that blows the kindergartners - 4th
graders off the side walk), and then, the sun comes out, it is gorgeous,
and by the end of the day, it is all gone. Just wet, sandy, nasty roads
and ice to deal with in the evening.
Today there is still snow on the ground! YEA! and on the pond - *sigh*
:-\ . But the days are getting longer! And soon and very soon, we are
going to seem some spring!, soon and very soon, WE are going to see some
springs, ...
W. Dale

, soon and very soon, WE are going to see some springs, ...
W. Dale

We had really nasty cold in December, really early for us. For quite a few
years we'd be in sweater shirts till Xmas, and lucky if we got snow for the
kids afterwards. This year the cold started soon after Thanksgiving and
stayed. I'm not sure how many days we went where it didn't even get above
freezing (20 maybe). We had slight warming over the holidays, and once the
New Year came in, we warmed up and stayed above freezing, with many highs
in the 50s, the grass has greened up even! No snow for the kiddos.

As Tom said, definitely Sprinter going on here, feels like late February.
~ jan
~ jan/WA
Zone 7a

This area usually gets one or two frosts, not heavy but frost just
the same, this year we have yet to get any frost, and its been super
nice all last fall, winter and this year so far...Lilys have all
started to put new leaves etc up, and all other plants are starting to
green up.They all expected cold that never came.

We heat primarily with wood, and this year we had a fire in the
woodstove for a total of two days.......

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:17:38 -0800, ~ jan jjspond
wrote:
, soon and very soon, WE are going to see some springs, ...
W. Dale

We had really nasty cold in December, really early for us. For quite a few
years we'd be in sweater shirts till Xmas, and lucky if we got snow for the
kids afterwards. This year the cold started soon after Thanksgiving and
stayed. I'm not sure how many days we went where it didn't even get above
freezing (20 maybe). We had slight warming over the holidays, and once the
New Year came in, we warmed up and stayed above freezing, with many highs
in the 50s, the grass has greened up even! No snow for the kiddos.

As Tom said, definitely Sprinter going on here, feels like late February.
~ jan
~ jan/WA
Zone 7a

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Wilmdale wrote:
Nell wrote:

Speaking of nasties....

Great beautiful snow here in Colorado Springs and it has lasted for more
than one day! :-) . Often times we will get a huge amount (or small) of
snow, bitter cold, windy - the kind that blows the kindergartners - 4th
graders off the side walk), and then, the sun comes out, it is gorgeous,
and by the end of the day, it is all gone. Just wet, sandy, nasty roads
and ice to deal with in the evening.
Today there is still snow on the ground! YEA! and on the pond - *sigh*
:-\ . But the days are getting longer! And soon and very soon, we are
going to seem some spring!, soon and very soon, WE are going to see some
springs, ...

My late uncle, David D. Eastabrooks, lived in Colorado Springs. Nice place.
I remember shovelling snow off his roof.

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"Wilmdale" wrote in message
.. .
Great beautiful snow here in Colorado Springs and it has lasted for more
than one day! :-) . Often times we will get a huge amount (or small) of
snow, bitter cold, windy - the kind that blows the kindergartners - 4th
graders off the side walk), and then, the sun comes out, it is gorgeous,
and by the end of the day, it is all gone. Just wet, sandy, nasty roads
and ice to deal with in the evening.
Today there is still snow on the ground! YEA! and on the pond - *sigh*
:-\ . But the days are getting longer! And soon and very soon, we are
going to seem some spring!, soon and very soon, WE are going to see some
springs, ...
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It's been a cold winter here with the ponds and pools frozen over for days
at a time. Deaths so far: 2 large bullfrogs, 1 newt and one small koi.
Today is another cold cloudy day.
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Aquariums since 1952
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