weather

• May 9, 2013

  April (Snow) Showers Bring May Flowers

  Snow storm on April 19th I’m going to be honest: I have complained about the weather a LOT this year.  January wasn’t bad, February was about on par with average, and I began to gear up for spring come March.  You know the whole “in like a lion, out like a lamb” thing?  Well, I’d…

• May 5, 2012

  Thunderstorm

  I’m not much of a poet, but in college I had to take a creative writing class which involved writing LOTS of poetry, among other things.  One of the poems I wrote was about thunderstorms—where I tried to capture my simultaneous fear and fascination of storms.  I do get legitimately freaked out at a big…

• February 3, 2012

  Groundhog Day: Ramblings on Weather and Gardening

  If a gardener sees her shadow… it must already be spring! Today is Groundhog Day.  Today, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning that we have six more weeks of winter.  I have to say, I always found the workings and presumptions behind Groundhog Day to be a bit perplexing.  Never mind the fact that we’re…

• March 25, 2011

  The Beauty of Winter & The Hope of Spring

  As we approach the end of March and have officially entered the season of spring, I long for the green grass and flowers that come with warmer weather.  However, spring in Michigan often bears a striking resemblance to winter — at least for a while.  I always wait for the seemingly obligatory winter storm that…