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from: Melissa DiSpaltro
date: 2003-03-20 07:37:50
subject: Re: snow, glorious snow!

Laurie Campbell wrote:
> 
> >> about 3 feet of it, and still snowing hard.... There might be
more than 3
> >> feet actually... some of the cars in teh parking lot are covered :)
> (there's
> >> some drifting too)
> >>
> >> looks like they tried to plow the roads at some point during the wee
> hours,
> >> but you can hardly tell that now. Everything is white! Not a
car in sight
> on
> >> the road.
> >>
> >> what a beautiful day!
> >
> >Covetcovetcovetcovetcovet......
> >
> >I *love* snow. I want snow. Except that it would, of course,
> >extend the school year by a day or so... but still.  Even six
> >inches of it... six inches would shut down the whole Puget Sound
> >region, and I could stay home and sleep and watch the snow fall
> >and read. (Not all at the same time, of course.)
> >
> NOT NOW!!  We've had our chance for snow this year.
> 
> >Here, it's about 40*F, with high clouds that are, amazingly, high
> >enough for me to have been able to see the whole of Mount
> >Rainier, in all her glory, on the drive in to work today.  Daffs
> >are blooming, as are crocuses, and I think the tulips are
> >starting to sprout; but the only person I know who has tulips
> >blooming outside is my sister, and I haven't been to her house in
> >awhile.
> >
> Was warmer than that here today 13C  (10C is 50F)

Oh, it *got* warmer than that; but it was about 7:15 am when I
wrote the above :)

> >I want potted daffodils for the living room. It's not spring
> >without daffodils.
> >
> Come up and see mine - I have a host of them by the front steps.

I may be coming up during spring break to visit some other
friends. Maybe we can do dim sum?
 
> I've seen tulips open in Vancouver, but only a few. Non of mine are anywhere
> near open yet

Most of the flowers I get to see are either potted or in stores;
not many bloom freely on the grounds of our complex (mostly
because the majority of the plants out there are ground cover,
not flowers).
 
> >Lissa AlmostTimeForTheDaffodilFestival! Wingling
> 
> Laurie the birds is singing the grass is riz - I wonder how the poor folks
> iz Phoenix

Lissa JustFine,Thanks Wingling :)

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