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So pretty! I always loved the way the snow looks laying on the pine/fir trees in the winter....An impressive looking backdrop for your beautiful HH....
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From: Beautiful Western Maryland...zone 6 | Registered: May 2003
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WOW. These are beautiful enough to be postcard pictures. It is gorgeous. You're a lucky man to be surrounded by all of that beauty.
From: Alpharetta | Registered: Nov 2005
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It has been unseasonably warm all Winter, but the temperature dropped below freezing the last few nights. Snow is not rare in February here, so I'm not counting on Winter being over yet! It's been nice to get a jump on my Spring chores though...
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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002
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quote: ...A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS IS IN STORE FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON BY THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...
A COLD WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND. BY NEXT SATURDAY...DAYTIME HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO BE ONLY BE IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE LOWLANDS OR ABOUT 8 TO 15 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL. IN THE MOUNTAINS...ANTICIPATE DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS.
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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002
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Last year there were several flushes of bloom starting in Spring and continuing into September, so I'm sure there will be plenty of flowers later.
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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002
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...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN AT LEAST A DECADE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY FORMING OVER THE YUKON OF NORTHERN CANADA. THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPUTER MODELS DRIVE THIS COLD AIR MASS SOUTHWARD TO THE WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER BY THURSDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH WASHINGTON DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY BRINGING A DRAMATIC DROP IN TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND MAINTAINING THE COLD CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S OVER MOST OF PUGET SOUND. NIGHTTIME LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO TEENS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND SHELTERED LOCATIONS SUCH AS OLYMPIA COULD POSSIBLY FALL BELOW 10 DEGREES. AT THIS TIME...MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT THURSDAY AND WITH A PASSING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR MINIMAL AT THIS TIME BUT ANY CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE MORE SNOW.
IN ADDITION...A STRONG BLAST OF NORTHERLY WIND WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN ALL WATERS. OVER LAND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20S WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND POSSIBLY COLDER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDY CONDITIONS PERSIST. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WINDS COULD EXCEED HIGH WIND CRITERIA...SUSTAINED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS IN THE EVENT HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE NEEDED.
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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002
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I hope you don't have trees down or lose power with the winds.....
And I hope you're stocked up on firewood....that sounds pretty darned cold!
I'll be out getting my sunburn tomorrow and Thursday by the way!!! We should be around 60 on Thursday..... BUT, it's going to get real cold again right after that.
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From: Beautiful Western Maryland...zone 6 | Registered: May 2003
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Hi Sandy! I apologize for taking so long to reply. On the day you asked about the freeze I wrote a long reply but my puter crashed and I lost it all. (even I am not immune from getting computer shafted...)
During the freeze, all of the flower buds on the Evergreen Clematis turned brown and dropped. Other than that, there was no other visible damage
As soon as the weather warmed a new set of buds began to develop. This second flush of flowers seems to be slightly smaller than usual, but there are about 100 flowers open now, and hundreds of buds that will open soon!
Several of my Primula are now blooming and the rest are producing nice foliage. The Columbines are growing like weeds. Bleeding Heart is up and ready to bloom. The Azalea in there is covered in pink. Almost everything else is showing strong new growth. We are all happy!
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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002
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Wow - that's terrific - glad to hear you had minimal loss. The pictures look wonderful! I always forget that Washington is in a much more moderate zone than we are here in Michigan. I have a cousin in Issaquah. So far my sedum are breaking through, violas are happy, and my lone surviving helleborus may actually produce a flower! The really early spring things like snow drops have bloomed, and some unknown lilies are up about 3 inches. Other than that - things are pretty "dingy" around here. I am SUCH an impatient gardener!!
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From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005
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quote: The really early spring things like snow drops have bloomed, and some unknown lilies are up about 3 inches.
They sound like your common orange lilies are up.. *we call them roadside lilies.* Mine are as well up about that much.. They bloom right around the second and third week of June here...
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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You're probably right, Weezie, and they really are along side the road! There will be HUNDREDS of them - I doubt they've been divided for decades! Next year I'll split them up and spread them out. It is such fun to see things coming up at our new house - like a mystery unfolding.
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From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005
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I always loved the way the snow looks laying on the pine/fir trees in the winter....An impressive looking backdrop for your beautiful HH.... ![[thumb]](graemlins/thumb.gif)
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BUT, it's going to get real cold again right after that. 
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