Spring has sprung for these Five...

[magnetic_pole]

1) Has the weather where you are finally started acting like spring is here?

Well, considering we had daytime highs near 80F/27C in February, temps around 30F/-1C in March, and no real snow to speak of between early December and late March, I've given up all expectations for seasonally appropriate weather. The weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon.

Hm. Now that I write that down, I realize that "the weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon" is actually probably the very definition of springtime weather here on the US East Coast. It's never the definitive shift to consistently warmer weather that I expect--just more and more not-terrible days until suddenly it's late May and getting hot, and you realize you missed spring.

2) Do you have any special spring activities or outings planned?

I took a lovely long walk through the neighborhood north of us last weekend to see the cherry blossoms.





3) Have you started wearing different clothing appropriate to spring?

As soon as it's even vaguely appropriate, I break out my sandals. In an ideal world, my toes would be free and happy all the time.

4) What signs of spring are manifesting around you?

A marked drop in attendance in my classes. Lots of requests for extensions. Invitations to final reviews and exhibitions.

5) Are there special foods you enjoy preparing and/or eating in the spring?

If I were a more healthy person, I'm sure I'd have a local fruit or vegetable here. Instead, I'm going to say: discounted after-Easter Easter candy! I've already eaten two entire chocolate bunnies and have no regrets.

Comments

[magnetic_pole]

Growing up in southern CA, we learned about "the seasons" in school though we didn't really experience them. I've always attributed my weather-naivete to this abstract, academic understanding of seasonal change...but perhaps spring and fall are confusing to everyone?

I'm so sorry you missed out on the candy! :( A bit of chocolate has taken the edge of the grey skies lately. (And by "bit" I mean I'm on my third chocolate bunny already.) M.

[ancientreader]

IDK about "everyone," but the NYC region, which is the only place I know well, notoriously has a spring that's exactly as you describe it -- a few weeks of erratic weather followed by high summer, with maybe a week of Platonic-ideal spring in there somewhere. That having been said, climate change is making all our weather, including spring weather, noticeably more extreme.