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  Kelly, that is seriously cold. But I love Minnesotan humor… and campfire songs : )

  Soooo… when does it really start to get balmy in your neck of the woods? I told a friend yesterday that at least now that we are in January I feel like spring is around the corner and she looked at me like I was crazy. Or perhaps naive.

  Comment by Alison — January 10, 2010 @ 6:25 am

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  It starts to get balmy in …… I don’t know. Every year is different. Usually it’s nice by May, but not always. And by nice I do not mean hot. I mean simply that it is pleasant.

  Funny your encounter with your friend. I would have also looked at you like you were crazy. January is the coldest month of the year. And then February. And then March is just sooooooo long. And then sometimes it snows in April.

  Hubby remembers that it snowed on his birthday once. April 16.

  Last year, I wrote a haiku in February about how it was raining instead of snowing:

  http://www.haikubytwo.com/haiku-43/

  I remember thinking the man who left comment #2 was so obviously NOT a Minnesotan. That I should treasure spring’s offering? He had no idea that spring was still months away. And surely enough…the snow soon came again.

  Comment by Kelly — January 10, 2010 @ 8:08 am

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  “chop wood, carry water”

  frigid reversal

  “chop water, carry wood”

  here in georgia, we have had a few 15 degree nights. periodically
  i chop the horse trough ice. the 3′ thick chunks left on my fenceposts
  have not visibly changed all week.
  abnormal cold everywhere.

  in south florida

  iguanas drop from the trees

  dead? or just dormant??

  youall just watch out when the squirrels start dropping!

  Comment by johanna — January 10, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

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