Snow Melt

It has been warm and sunny all week.  All but the deepest drifts have vanished!  A few days ago, Alicia and I walked on Rolinco Road with the dogs.  The sky was blue, the sun bright, and plants were waking up from their winter nap.  It smells like spring.

The first big wind event we had in February, ran out of snow and then cut in to the soil and blew it in to drifts.

Thankfully, we didn't have to look at this for a month, as new snow fell and covered the chocolate colored snow drifts until just a few days ago.

You can see how much mud is left behind as the snow melts.

This isn't mud, it's snow mold.  It grows under the snow.  This snow mold is on my lawn, and won't cause any measurable damage, but when this happens on our crop, it can deeply damage, or even kill the wheat plants.  We haven't noticed any such damage thus far in the fields.

Another example of wind blown soil particles deposited in the flower beds.  

This dwarf shasta daisy will be fine, but will have a little extra work pushing new leaves through this crust.

A few days ago this hay rake was still covered by a snow drift!

Where the snow has left, tulips, daffodils and crocus are poking through the soil.

I was in Spokane on Wednesday and stopped by Fred Meyer.  They had seedling geraniums on sale for 99 cents each!  I bought a few!!!!

Primroses were also on sale.  This is very late in the season for primroses.  I love them!

Alicia and I ate lunch on the porch, in the sun.  The sun felt more nourishing than the food on this particular day.