We ended up going to the land Thursday afternoon after all.
The first thing we do when we get there is turn on our router. Then I take a picture or two on my iPad and send it directly to Kaitlin. It’s still a thrill to be able to do that from up there.
Then we looked at the gazing ball and yellow stake from the porch and had dinner before going to see the cherry trees and lilacs and visiting with Beate and Tim.
It was a good time to go. It was chilly and a bit windy, but mostly sunny. The temperature was about 46° F most of the time, but as soon as the sun went down it dropped to 39°. One of the main reasons for going when we did was we didn’t know if it was going to freeze overnight.
This is what it looked like up there this morning:
And this is what it looked like down here:
The sun came out both places this afternoon, though. Here is what it looked like down here:
What a difference a few hours makes!
Andy says it’s too soon to tell if the fruit trees were hurt, but some of the leaves of the aspens turned black because of the freezing. At any rate Andy doesn’t expect much if any fruit this year because it’s too cold for the bees to pollinate the blossoms.
As usual we will let you know what happens.
is it unusual for you to still be getting snow down in the town this time of year?
I would expect it up in the mountains but it seems different for town.
still. it’s beautiful. especially if it only stays a little while! 🙂
and that’s a GREAT picture of andy. one of the best I’ve seen!
wish we had one of YOU too!
Yes, it’s unusual to have snow down here this late, also up on the land. It’s not unusual to have frost up there before Memorial Day, but snow is rare. I agree about the picture of Andy. He takes better pictures than I do, but (about) 14 1/2 year old Sammy takes the best ones.
As I recall, when I had an orchard, fruit trees are sensitive to frost (and just about everything else!). I hope yours aren’t harmed. Isn’t sunshine wonderful! Makes a difference to everything!
Fingers crossed about permanent harm. It’s a rough life up there for them.
It is simply beautiful!
The dead trees look a lot better in the snow!
we get heavy frosts (probably not quite like your freeze) and the ground/etc is pretty thick white – but that always means “sun up later” and before you know it’s the ground etc is just glossy wet before drying off completely.
I will be able to see more of the white this year as 2 houses with tile roofs adjacent to my house…
weather is extremely changeable here right now…with SW air flow from the mainly frozen continent to the S of here. But also we had a rain blasts from there, and I happen to have seen online – that snow fell in the SI…
agree with tammy -nice to see Andy – he certainly looks fit-as…
It sounds as if your heavy frosts are like ours. Your weather is even more interesting than ours is. 🙂