On the weekend, we had a preview of a real spring day. It’s true that the trees are some time away from budding and the grass is still brown, but we had beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures, up to 20° C (68° F). Furthermore, because of the time of year, the sun’s direct light is beginning to fall into the apartment once again.
However, because this is southern Alberta, this happy state of meteorological affairs will soon change. The temperature is already near freezing and for the next week, it will be below that point, falling to -7° C (19.4° F), and there is snow predicted for tomorrow and the following four days. I should not be surprised, as this is only the first day of spring; heavy, wet snow usually falls once or twice in large amounts in March or April. Still, it is a bit disappointing after such a fine weekend. Certainly, Brazil and the other cats enjoyed it, feeling the warmth of the sun on their furs for the first time in months.
But soon, it will be too hot, and I will be anticipating autumn, and in any case, time moves too swiftly now. So I will enjoy the days regardless - no matter how much they try to persuade me otherwise.
Brazil is taking full advantage of the sun in the photo. Here, even when not snowing, like this week, we have way too much cloud cover. So every dab of sunshine is welcome.
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ReplyDeleteWe have not had 20C yet, but we did have 16C one day, and that was glorious. This week our winter is back, as the Spring equinox occurs, just to remind us that this is eastern Ontario. It's okay, we have had little winter anyway, and you're correct, soon we'll be sweltering in the summer sunshine. Your cats will not anticipate too-hot temps, though, and so can fully appreciate the sunbeams, as Brazil is demonstrating.
ReplyDeleteCats need a bit of sunshine as much as humans do. At least they had a taste of it before the snow returns!
ReplyDeleteIt's a very pleasant 74 degrees here today, even though the warm-up means just one thing to me: MOSQUITO SEASON.
It was 29 last night for pity sake. But as you said, soon it will be too hot andI also will be longing for Autumn. I am not a fan of Summer at all. o glad you and the beasts enjoyed the weekend. Everyone deserved it.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a real rollercoaster of weather events right now.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to see the sun. Every day is grey and miserable with T around 12-13C. It has been a mostly very mild winter, but it is the humidity every day at 95-100% that gets me down.
ReplyDeleteWe've had temperatures in the upper 60's and 70's for a few days and the flowers have started to bloom. But now temps have fallen into the 40's. So much for our 5 minutes of spring! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's getting colder here in NZ, so I'm happy to know it is getting nicer for you.
ReplyDeleteWe had some quite warm days about a week ago, but now we have wind, rain amd even snow. Brrr. No spring here either though soon enough it will win the battle with Winter...I just hope we don't get full on summer too soon.
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