I love participating in Slice of Life, started by Two Writing Teachers and writing a story, reflection, or musing at least once a week.
To keep me abreast of latest trends
Down in my burrow I never get bored
Riding on my hover board
And I sure have fun flying my drone
But weather forecasting is my comfort zone
Is this current warm weather more than a trend?
Per chance this winter has come to an end?
There is no shadow to be cast,
An early spring is my forecast!
- Punxsutawney Phil
I may be a bit obsessed about the weather. Last week I posted about snow envy. Since last Tuesday, our weather has been strangely warm. Cincinnati in February is not supposed to be in the 50s and 60s! This morning, the sunrise painted the sky a cotton candy pink, which turned to a lemony yellow by the time I got to school. It was a spring sky. It got to 61 degrees today. We exclaimed how sunny and warm it was when we all went outside during the fire drill in the early afternoon. By the time I left school, it had started to rain, and now there is a thunderstorm underway. We're expecting 2 inches of rain. Meanwhile, there are tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in the South, and Winter Storm Kayla is sweeping through the Plains and the Upper Midwest. What is going on?!
I love a good snowstorm, but there is none in the forecast. Okay, I'm over it. It might as well be spring if it's not going to snow. I hope Phil is right. "There is no shadow to be cast,/An early spring is my forecast!"
The weather impacts so much - our moods, our activities. Makes sense to be sky watching and shadow spying!
ReplyDeleteWe eagerly watched the 'brownhog' (as my three year called it) today. Please come, Spring. Please come soon.
ReplyDeleteWe've had very warm weather, until Saturday, & since then, about a foot of snow. I hope that that famous groundhog is right, spring is coming. Wonderful poem.
ReplyDeleteLove your obsession with the weather. I have weather envy, because we have no weather variation! Hope you get some snow soon to satisfy your longing!
ReplyDeleteI love the weather too and hope that your unseasonably warm winter does not forebode a sweltering summer for the south. Happy belated Ground Hog's day!
ReplyDeleteI live in the South (Alabama), and we did have tornado watches in our area last night. We were luckier than Mississippi - nothing happened here, but we're having lots of rain...as I hear water drip from the ceiling in my living room into the trash can below to catch it. I must say, I'm a little obsessed with the weather, too, but I am beginning to think it's just me getting old...because my parents are also obsessed with the weather and that seemed to happen as they grew older:)
ReplyDeleteAre We There Yet?
Janie, here in South Louisiana we had a terrible storm last night. My parents who live in Ms. are obsessed with the weather, too. Funny.
DeleteVery funny and clever. I hope Phil is right. Although he rarely is.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like this little snippet. In New Iberia, the newspaper adopted a nutria and named it Pierre C. Shadeaux. Early morning on groundhog's day, children, adults, the mayor, and others join together at the plaza downtown to see what Pierre will do. No shadow. Here that means more winter because who wants spring when the average temp in winter is 60 degrees? They even host an essay contest. It's a small town kind of thing.
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ReplyDeleteThe Central Iowans were offended yesterday at our lack of snow we were to get. My thoughts are with my Northern counterparts however. I too, am a little obsessed with weather. (And road conditions, but that might be another blog post.) Here's to an early spring!
ReplyDeleteI thought I hit the send button but it never came through. Early spring-Yea but winter is happening once again. There are many photo ops outside as much husband reminded me.
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