There's No Mention Of Snow

It was 35 degrees when I woke up and 35 degrees when I came home. A good half of what was falling from the low grey clouds when I went on a stroll was a little too white and too firm to be considered rain. There is no mention of snow in the diagnosis, but I see spots on the radar in the direction of the origin of snow. It will not be the least bit surprising to wake up to snow on the ground in the morning.



Anything adapted to bloom at this time of year is adapted to such vagaries of weathers, otherwise they would be extinct.



I put my long underwear back on and the kitties have curtailed their outside time. Let me back in. It's too cold.



The daffodils dill on in defiance.



The diagnosed low for the morning is 27. A freeze warning has been issued.

"A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TAKE STEPS TODAY TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS."

Not gonna happen. Not here. Not with this many acres and this many plants.



The lovely Magnolia soulangeana blooms some years and some years it is zapped.



It has even been zapped completely back to the ground and was cut down only to grow back from the stump.

Anything adapted to live up here is adapted to such vagaries of weathers, otherwise they would be extinct. Good luck magnolia.



The sub freezing cold will be of brief duration. If the wind stops it may not even freeze up top. When that happens all the cold air sinks to the bottom and it is warmer up here than in the valleys below.



This little bit of freezing cold is barely worth mentioning, except that I was getting quite used to being warm and long underwear free.