March in Chicago is supposed to be MISERABLE.
We are supposed to spend March battling 50mph winds, sleet stinging our faces, and wrestling inside-out umbrellas. We're supposed to be wearing two pair of long underwear to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. It's supposed to be rain one day, snow the next, with no expectations of seeing the sun until mid-April if we're lucky. It's supposed to be 30 days of a damp, cheerless existence, huddled under blankets on the sofa.
Instead, it's glorious. And HOT. My daffodils have been in bloom for a week, and the lilac is budding out. And I had some guy dressed like a leprechaun on Spring Break throwing up green beer on his flip-flops and my front lawn on Saturday afternoon (hey, I live in the city).
March is also the month when I start quilting all of those tops I've made since Christmas, and now? I have gardening to do. And bikes to ride, and runs to take along the lakefront. Because in spite of the reports that these milder temperatures are here to stay, I'm not totally convinced that there isn't a blizzard lurking somewhere in Canada, just waiting for us to let our guard down completely and dump a foot of snow on next week's deck party. As such, I'm treating each freakishly warm day as a gift from Mother Nature, abandoning my sewing machine and using every free moment to take advantage of Summer in March.
It's really messed my project schedule up, but I'm OK with it.
4 comments:
Thinking like a true midwesterner...waiting for the other shoe to drop! Yep, it is such an unusal spring. March is usually the hardest month to get through - so close to spring weather but teasing us with snow and winds. I am just loving this spring and trying really really hard not to hear the little voice that keeps saying " lovely, but, what will August be like..." sigh.
Your description of March in Chicago sounds just like Washington - which is what we're having. We had snow 3 days last week and more in the forecast. Nothing is sticking, fortunately, but it's cold and fairly miserable. My daffodils are up but only 2 buds so far.
So, it sounds like Mother Nature has given you a gift, and I don't blame you for being outside and enjoying it as much as possible. Have fun!
Mother Nature brought us the same gift here in Nashville, and I'm having a hard time buckling down myself - it's much too pretty to stay indoors!! Enjoy it while you can!!
it's amazing. i'm LOVING this weather!
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