In fact, I like to tell the story of walking across a lake on the first of May with a canoe tied around my waist. I was leading a spring canoe trip and the ice wasn't out on most of the lakes. On some lakes we did the shuffle (one foot in the boat, one foot out - leveraging as best we could, pushing off the the tenuous ice). On this particular (very large lake) on May first there was still a foot of solid ice (hence pulling the canoes as we walked along in the snow).
The average mean temperature in March is -6 C
Spring really starts in April here (the average jumps to 3 C!). We always get at least a little snow in April, but it melts. Things are wet and soggy and brown. It's not a very pleasant month.
We got snow today, maybe 5 cm or so. But it was most definitely March wet heavy snow.
I have had a tough week energy wise. I had to cancel a meeting as I was too sick to leave the house on the one day I had something planned. Another day I drove to a spot nearby to walk the dog and was so exhausted even sitting in the car I turned around and came home. The ill factor (flueyness) hasn't been too bad (thankfully), but my energy has been completely non existent. Like someone vacuumed me out completely.
Sigh, this too shall pass right? My M.E. is always worse during PMS...anyone else? TMI?
So today after the snow I did an expedition into the back yard. I thought, if I can't leave, then I will find some small beauty here in this snowy, wet, city backyard.
I'm going to share a little of what I saw.
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| Snow-covered Lilac |
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| Someone's Christmas tree cast-off we used as a bird feeder tree |
Here on the West (Wet) Coast, we are into spring (and the birds know it!) and enjoying rare sunny days- Not that I can enjoy it much...
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, PMS is a big deal over here too and I try to stick to "This too shall pass!" when it happens.
Best wishes, K .
exactly, at least the pms has a beginning and an end
DeleteYup....ME and PMS .... not a good mix at all :p
ReplyDeletegood to know I'm not the only one.
DeleteYour dog is super cute! What kind is she/he?
ReplyDeleteThanks, she's a golden retriever. I got her when she was one off the online classifieds if you can believe it.
DeleteOoh snow! So spoiled on the California coast over here! I'm sorry you had a rough week, I usually feel worse PMS time too. Do your symptoms feel worse when it gets colder in the year? Also, good luck with your PhD work!! I might have mentioned before that I was going to get my PhD too, but I think that's pretty much not possible at this point. I'm impressed you've done so much :)
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Yes, PMS is always worse. It's going to be hitting right in the middle of my move in a couple of weeks. Blah.
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