Unpredictable weather

3/19/2024

Hello blog friends,

Has your Spring been as crazy as mine? One day it's sunny and warm, the next day it's hailing or snowing. The unpredictable nature of this time of the year makes it hard to plan and especially difficult to prepare the garden for seedlings.

Colleen Chesebro invites all of us to try to put our local experience into a poem about the season. I've tried to capture my part of the world with words such as storms and cold nights, March winds, forage, and snow flurry. And I've created two tanka for that purpose.

Here's my contribution:

I hope you have a wonderful week with plenty of sunshine. Fingers crossed for good hiking days. Even thirty minutes in nature gives us needed inner strength. 🌞

49 Comments

Dan Antion link

3/19/2024 16:26:26

Nice job capturing the true signs of spring, Gwen.

Gwen M. Plano

3/19/2024 17:01:02

Thanks so much, Dan. I had hoped to put some seedlings out, but I think it's wise to wait another month. 😊

Mae Clair link

3/19/2024 16:45:17

Wonderful, Gwen. I love the spring hide-and-seek!

Gwen M. Plano

3/19/2024 17:02:05

Thank you, Mae. The seasonal hide-and-seek is wonderful to behold.

Balroop Singh link

3/19/2024 19:32:20

Gwen, I like how the weather has been woven into these poems... a visual treat!

Gwen M. Plano

3/19/2024 20:14:09

So kind of you to say, Balroop. Thank you.

RALL link

3/19/2024 21:56:28

sending you sunshine
got heaps down here in autumn
unseasonal weather

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 07:46:49

Thanks so much, Rall. I looove sunshine. 🌞

Liz Gauffreau link

3/20/2024 05:04:02

Yes, our weather leading into spring has been crazy this year. We haven't begun thinking about putting in our veggie garden.

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 07:50:15

You are wiser than me, Liz. I had imagined I could put in onions and garlic, but I'm going to wait. Isn't gardening fun? 😊

Tim Dittmer link

3/20/2024 06:23:19

Excellent description of the reality of spring. Yes, spring definitely teases with hide and seek.

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 07:51:38

Thank you, Tim. In our area, hide and seek - sometimes hour by hour. 😊

Priscilla Bettis link

3/20/2024 06:30:00

Happy Wednesday, Gwen. Oh yes, unpredictable spring! I enjoyed your verses.🙂

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 07:52:21

Thanks so much, Priscilla. Happy Wednesday to you as well! 🌞

Marcia Meara link

3/20/2024 07:17:53

Beautiful and inspiring, too, Gwen. Thanks for a nice way to start my day! :D <3 (BTW, we are already into early summer down here. At least temperature-wise.) :D

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 07:53:26

Early summer? Oh my goodness, we could use some of those temps. Big hugs, Marcia. 🤗

John howell link

3/20/2024 08:50:35

Your bed looks so forlorn in the snow flurries. You describe the elusive spring perfectly, Gwen. Just a few more days and normal will take over. Fun poem.

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:25:36

LOL. Forlorn? Well, I will do something about that - in a few weeks. Thank you, John, for the laughs. 😊

D.L. Finn

3/20/2024 09:53:34

Love it, Gwen :) Our spring has been doing the same. We are about to go cold again. Xo

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:27:25

We're up and down and all around - it's hard to know what to call this time of the year. At least our area is not alone in its weather craziness. Thanks so much, Denise. 😊

Annette Rochelle Aben

3/20/2024 11:40:34

Mother Nature must be in mental pause!

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:28:23

"Mental pause" -- love it, Annette! 😂

Pat Garcia link

3/20/2024 12:25:33

Hi,
I like your poem, unfortunately we still have winter here. However, the sun was shining brightly and my hope is up that we will have a warm spring.
Shalom shalom

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:29:12

I hope that for you as well, Pat. Shalom 🌞

Jan Sikes

3/20/2024 12:27:11

I think it's safe to say the weather is wonky everywhere. Love your poems, Gwen. Perfect!

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:30:08

Wonky is a great description of the weather! Thank you, Jan. 😊

Thomas Wikman link

3/20/2024 13:44:44

Spring just arrived here. Oops now it's gone. Oh here it is again, but now it's gone. Anyway, we had 94 degrees in February and then near freezing within a couple of days, then thunderstorms with large hail. It has been a very unstable end of winter beginning of spring. It must have been difficult for the animals and I think your beautiful poem captures that perfectly.

Gwen M. Plano

3/20/2024 14:32:10

Thanks so much, Thomas. It sounds like your area is as unpredictable as ours. Each day has its "oops". 😊

Yvette M Calleiro link

3/21/2024 08:37:22

Another great poem, Gwen! I love the idea of Mother Nature playing hide and seek.

Yvette M Calleiro :-)
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

Gwen M. Plano

3/22/2024 09:08:24

Thanks so much, Yvette. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. I suspect you have a more stable Spring in sunny Florida. 😊

Sandra Cox link

3/21/2024 15:49:35

You captured spring's whimsies in your verse.
Nicely done;)

Gwen M. Plano

3/22/2024 09:09:17

Thank you, Sandra. I'm pleased you enjoyed this little poem. 😊

Sandra Cox link

3/22/2024 11:31:27

Loved it!
Have a grand weekend.

Kerfe

3/21/2024 16:39:10

Spring is playing hide and seek here too!

Gwen M. Plano

3/22/2024 10:27:48

I hope you get sunshine soon, Kerfe. Our skies are bright today, and clouds are only visible in the distance. Ever changing...😊

Marsha link

3/22/2024 15:09:01

Lovely poem, Gwen. Plenty of flurries and teeny tiny lizards this year! I love that you garden with all the obstacles I see here.

Coming from California, we didn't worry about javelina eating our plants. Our neighbors had a feral cat colony and we got the spillovers, so no gophers, mice, rats, rabbits, etc. I miss that.

I planted a tomato plant our first spring here and something came inside my fence and ate it to the ground. The second year I got five tomatoes off of it. Last year I didn't try. I'm not sure where I stand this year.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Gwen M. Plano

3/25/2024 13:08:02

We're growing more accustomed to the area, and that's a fun process. There's a night creature that sets off our motion detector most nights, but we've yet to find the intruder. The back yard is fenced, so it has to be small to sneak underneath the fence or climb over it. A two-year mystery. 😊

Smitha link

3/24/2024 08:31:19

Hi Gwen, Spring in Dhaka is as crazy as there. Last night, we had a hail storm with thunder and lightning. In the morning, it seemed like nothing had happened. Your poem captures the craziness of spring beautifully.

Gwen M. Plano

3/25/2024 13:03:07

Thank you for the kind words, Smitha. We had a thunder storm last night as well, and it felt so good to be inside. 😉

Colleen Chesebro link

3/24/2024 10:43:05

Gwen, it seems like we're having similar weather. On Friday, we got 3 or 4 inches of snow. It's melting now, but still chilly. We have open yards in this housing area. The rabbits eat everything they can. I'm thinking of trying a few pots with veggies (up off the ground) but we'll see. Happy Spring! 🌸

Gwen M. Plano

3/25/2024 13:01:26

Happy Spring to you as well, Colleen. Stay warm, my friend. 🌞

D. Wallace Peach link

3/25/2024 08:02:43

It has been a crazy weather spring, Gwen. Here too, though the warm weather is trying hard to stick. Lovely tanka if a little on the chilly side. Thinking of you lately and sending love and warmth your way.

Gwen M. Plaon

3/25/2024 12:59:38

Thank you, Diana. The sun is shining brightly today and with the cherry blossoms emerging, it looks like spring has arrived. Sending love your way too.

Jacquie Biggar

3/25/2024 17:24:45

A senior at my restaurant used to call this women's weather, miserable, lol

Gwen M. Plano

3/25/2024 19:57:26

Oh my goodness, Jacquie, that's the first time I've heard that expression. LOL

willowdot21 link

3/26/2024 01:07:27

You have captured march perfectly in your words 💜

David Bogomolny link

3/27/2024 11:51:12

Gwen, seriously, your imagery is exceptionally vivid in these verses. Just Excellent.

Much love,
David

Jules link

3/31/2024 13:37:18

Yes, our spring which started in the last two weeks of winter - has been topsy turvy. I'm surprised with all the rain that we have had in the last few days that the flowering srubs and daffs are still up and blooming!

I actually have some celery that I left in my raised garden... growing!

Melissa Lemay link

4/21/2024 21:31:07

The warm weather is still teasing us here. We are supposed to have a frost this morning. Ugh I planted flowers weeks ago. Oops.

Unpredictable weather

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