The end of winter??? What winter? Did winter ever begin? Not that it has been swimming pool weather these past few months but certainly this has been a most unusual winter. I cannot ever remember having the few hundred miles I have clocked to date on this date. Today was cloudy with only occasional peeks of sun and there was a strong (stronger than I anticipated when I went out) wind that became cold and biting whenever I made a turn that created a headwind. And a headwind it was for the last maybe 12 out of 15 miles...I got home, headed for the shower and simply luxuriated under the hottest water I could tolerate. I was coming down the last stretch mentally comparing my ride with a couple of ski trips I remember from many years ago.
On the other hand we have had so much fair weather and sun I saw daffodils in full bloom in a number of spots today - daffodils I associate with the middle of April not March 4! The photo is a farm field which should be still brown but already things are turning green and the farmer has to be thinking of getting out his plow and discs. And even though I can remember having snow for Easter a couple times in New Jersey the forecast is for a beautiful week in the days to come and I am not betting on any more snow this year...riding yes, but winter is on it's way out.
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