March 18, 2023 Six on Saturday

It was a good week. The snow has once again receded, like a white tide. I had the good fortune of finding my lost glove near where I get off the bus, frozen stiff and needing a wash, but otherwise in good shape. My new solar system got turned on, but we made very little …

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March 11, 2023 Six on Saturday

Spring tried to show its face and then winter came along and smacked her back down with what the officials claim are 8.5 fresh inches of heavy wet snow overnight Thursday. I opted to work from home to facilitate shovelling. It took just over an hour to clear the snow, driveway first so I could …

Back to the Thursday Snow Pattern

I opted to work from home today - otherwise I would be out waiting for my bus. I would have had to get up at 4:30 am to shovel my walk. No putting it off, either, as it is trash day, so the cans have to be at the end of the driveway by 7 …

Hydrology May be Back to Normal

At least in my area... Dane County has not been officially in drought since November of 2022 when the Drought Monitor registered abnormally dry conditions. Today, I finally believe it. For the first time since Autumn of 2020, my sump pump has activated. This tells me that the ground water levels are getting back to …

Six on Saturday March 4, 2023

Morning all! With mixed feelings, I report that we did not get any snow last week for a change. The snow is receding quickly (OK for us, but I fear that will also happen in California, with disastrous results). Storms have moved east with snow and flooding a concern. Here it is sunny and will …

February 25, 2023 Six on Saturday

If you are new to Six on Saturday, enjoy! If you want to join in, see Jim at Garden Ruminations. It is a simple thing, six things from the garden on Saturday. Winter in Wisconsin means I only have two, plus a repost of my favorite sunset over Cass Lake, MN on July 4, 2020. …

Calm Before the Storm

Our weekly snowstorm is due to begin overnight. Today was sunny, if not warm, and a few snowflakes were blowing about on the breeze, looking more like lazy insects at high summer than snowflakes of February. Sigh. I should visit Centennial Gardens soon to see if anything is coming up. I found this picture of …

Is it possible? Daffs Coming Up in February?

What does this mean? I found a picture from last year, March 21 and it looks to me like they emerged in March, not February. Daffodils emerging March 21, 2022 Here are the same daffodils today: These are Dutch Master. I planted them in 2017, and should have planted more. There is another small bed …

Six on Saturday, February 18, 2023

Here we are again. I am looking forward to seeing everyone's more colorful posts. Thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations for hosting our weekly garden journey. It is a sunny morning and we seem to be in a pattern of heavy snow midweek, followed by warmish temperatures such that most snow is gone by the …

February 11, 2023 Six on Saturday

Happy Saturday! Only two new pictures this week, though the one of my backyard looks about the same. We seem to be in a pattern of heavy snow followed by mild temperatures. Thursday brought us seven inches of heavy wet snow, the kind we call "heart attack snow" because, well, the exertion of shovelling such …