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Journal for February 28, 2025

February was very cold with a few small snowstorms – until this week.  Suddenly warm temperatures and rain have arrived and now it feels like spring.  It’s still too early for real spring – there’s probably still some winter left.   But the snow is nearly gone and the ground is thawing. Continue reading

Journal for October 31, 2024

We’re continuing to have warm, dry, sunny and very windy weather.  The drought is starting to be hard on plants – leaves on some of the trees curled up and turned brown without ever changing color, and even the leaves of some of the prairie plants have shriveled.  But the fall colors were beautiful and it’s been great weather for outdoor projects.  (Today we’re finally getting some rain!)
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