Driving around the past few days I've seen a lot of flooded fences (and roads, and bridges...). Now we've had snow, and the ponds are frozen or at least frozen slush, and the landscape is white. But four days ago it looked like this.
Today it's been snowing on and off all day here, so it's definitely white out there, but we didn't get the 10-15 cm. in the forecast. I think March tricked us this year by giving us some nice warm days too early, and getting our expectations up.
Because when I went back and checked my blog from past Aprils, this weather seems pretty typical; some years have even been worse. In April 2011, I wrote about the crazy weather, from working in the garden to plunging temperatures and then snow.
In 2012 we got 20" of snow on April 24th! And that was
after the snowblower and snow tires had all been put away!
2013 apparently wasn't very snowy in April, but reading April's posts in 2014 sounds like this year! The landscape was still white on Apr. 15th, and I wrote about waterfalls and flooded fences. Actually had some better wet fence pictures that year I think.
Last year we had only a little snow in April, but it did snow on our Daffodils in mid-April.
The above picture would be all white today, but last Saturday the water was washing over this road I drove down. I got out and checked to be sure there was no channel newly eroded across the road but hidden beneath the water, and then drove on.
But looking to the right, this was the flooded field, with the flooded driveway into the farm just showing on the left. A lot of people will be glad when this snow vanishes and the water goes down.
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I've been getting pretty slack in my walking, between deep cold, rain, and ice in March, being sick for two weeks after that, and just being lazy, I'm falling behind. I did get out for two good 2 hour+ hikes last week before this snow returned, but then our poor dog Roxie blew out her knee racing too fast around a corner. Suddenly I have no need to get up and go for a walk every morning as I usually do. By today I was feeling downright twitchy, so I pushed myself and got out for a walk in the woods and another on the trail at the Ski Club, and I feel much better for it! I'm gonna have to re-activate my willpower!
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Lovely photos , Oh I hope your Roxie is ok out Miggs blew her knee out a few years ago and had to have reconstruction surgery and was layed up for 5 months and now you would never know as she runs better know then she did before . When one doesn't know what the weather is to be from one minuet to the next it is hard to get out and go for walks or hikes. Lots of water there . We had rain today lots of green grass will be needing cut here soon rain for over night tonight and possible thunderstorms the temps right now is 14C the peepers are singing like mad in the marsh and down by the river . Thanks for sharing , Have a good day !
ReplyDeleteThat water looks quite deep, and probably cold....
ReplyDeleteApril can be a fickle month, the promise of sunshine and flowers, yet snow clouds still gather above.
Beautiful pictures, stirring.
~Jo
You've had an amazing amount of moisture lately. we are very dry and need moisture.
ReplyDeleteWater, water everywhere...
ReplyDeleteGood on you to get moving again.
Isn't that the way it goes - you take off the snow tires, put away the snowblower - and wake up the next morning to more of the white stuff! :) Hope your neck of the woods dries out soon.
ReplyDeletewow that is alot of water. we've had an influx of rain lately, something about Autumh brings cooler temps and more water flow - I like it, beats summer.
ReplyDeleteOh my water ...
ReplyDeleteBut still good photo's.
Happy get out and abouting !
All the best Jan
Wow, that is a lot of water. I hope everyone was safe while driving on the flooded road. Great fence shots. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!
ReplyDeleteHey Furry ! I cant respond to your e-mails when you use noreply-comment@blogger.com unless your email is attached to them . To answer your question of Miggs on green grass we have no snow and have had lots of rain our grass is green and thick now and it will be needing to be cut soon lol ! I like to keep in contact with my readers if possible and try to respond as much as I can . Thanks for visiting . Have a good day !
ReplyDeleteI really like how I can go back for other springtimes to compare them on my blog posts. I also look at previous times I've gone on certain hikes to make sure I'm ready for the current one. That is a LOT of water, I must say. Glad to hear you're getting back on the walking routine. :-)
ReplyDeleteawww. sorry about your pup. hope she can recover (i have a gimpy lab that still favors a blown-out knee). the melt sure can come too quickly! the fences look cool, but...
ReplyDeletewith the conditions you described, it's best you stay put. even enjoying those "lazy" days at home, it may not be safe for those care free walks!!
ReplyDeleteyour images are pretty but wow, that's a lot of water!!!!
Please give your willpower a good kick in the butt and get out walking -- rain, snow, cold or clear blue sky -- do it!
ReplyDeleteYes, the weather has been strange. We got warm weather all through sugar season and now we are into April, we are getting the weather that we should have had during sugar season.
ReplyDeleteThat flooding reminds me of a portion of the property where I grew up- the north half of the land was lower than the south half, and in the spring there would always be pools of water that would take their time draining away into the earth.
ReplyDeleteHere yesterday we got snow, and a good amount of it into the night.
Lots of the farms near Bellingham WA flood during rains and when snow melt floods the rivers. The visiting geese, ducks and swans appreciate it more than the land owners I'm sure. - Margy
ReplyDeleteGreat fence shots but pity about the flooding
ReplyDeleteAll that water and fences make for great photos!!
ReplyDeleteNow that the weather is getting better it will be easier for you to get out there and walk. : )
So tragic what the weather has causwd everywhere this year. We had some flooding, but nothing compared to this.
ReplyDeleteOh my.. you know, I may take my snow covered lawn to all that flooding! I'm not sure - it's a tough one. I can remember back in 2007 when my daughter was born on April 11th, we were all in my backyard for her 1st birthday, in the blistering sun. She wore a sundress. I was melting in my tank and shorts. 9 years ago, that was April.
ReplyDeleteLooks like if an animal waited long enough, it could just swim over the fence. Sure looks wet and cold.
ReplyDeleteI noticed standing water in fields on our drive north today but nothing compared to what you are experiencing, that is quite a lot of water!
ReplyDeleteOH my you've certainly had a very "wet" spring it looks like. I can't imagine that much rain. - Hope your dog heals quickly.
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