Nope, It's not April. That's when the tulips start blooming and the plum trees (left) break out in color along the city streets. Last year, the tulip festivals were about a month late and strawberry picking which usually lasts until the middle of June toward the end of July. We just had the warmest January on record. Now that February is wrapping up, we may have another record warm month thanks to El Nino. Of course, they are predicting that we'll have a drought by the middle of summer which is normally our dry season anyway.
As we walked through Tam O Shanter Park in Kelso, they were cutting the outfield grass and working the infield. Last weekend, RA Long high school's baseball team was preparing their field by removing the tarps as we drove to the grocery on Saturday morning. Is this what mild is supposed to be?
You've been watching the Winter, er...Spring Olympics from Vancouver. We're only 4-5 hours south and a few degrees warmer. At least the visitors from the cold places liked the weather.
I don't suppose you'd believe me that we're a bit disappointed that we haven't gotten in enough snowshoeing in the Cascades.
