On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:01:54 GMT, Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 80 degrees F here today. Too hot!
>Aw, shaddup, Jerry.
I hereby endorse Mary's imprecation; indeed I could do with the loan of a
few more pins for my Jerry Bauer doll.
Here in the UK we expect the sun****ne and showers and all the spring
flowers
at this time of year: what we don't expect is that the showers may well be
of sleet or snow, carried by arctic winds, or that late frosts will have
done so much damage.
The magnolia stellata in our front garden comes into bud at the end of
November - and stays that way for months, until the first of the warm
weather, whereupon it enjoys a brief couple of weeks of true glory before
the petals drop. This year about two thirds of the buds had come out when
the snow and hail returned, and frost burned all the blossoms into an ugly
shriveled mess. The remaining buds have wisely decided to wait but many
other flowers, including all our tulips, are ruined.
I live on high ground (one of the southernmost outcroppings of the
Cotswolds) and those freezing winds really bite when I'm out on my
obligatory post heart-attack timed walks.
--
Regards, Peter <grumble grumble> Boulding
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