Wild March Weather

Feb. 29- warm, thunderstorms. Mar. first: upper 60's. Friday, March 2: 70, thunderstorms, tornado warnings! (No damage near us.) Sat, March 3: 40's...brrr. Sundays, same. Monday, Mar. 5: Surprise! 33*, and "the white stuff"!   (click pictures for larger view)

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On our way Saturday, to Turfway park, south of Cincinnati, we passed this barn north of Frankfort, destroyed by the storms on Friday. This was probably 40 miles north of here.

OOps, That date on the photo should read: March 3, 2012.

We went to Turfway to watch State of Play's race. He is one of Team Valor's top 3-year-olds. He won by a nose. Yay! This photo taken from inside, through the not-so-clear window.

First sign of spring!

These are always the very first blooms, popping up in the center of the front bed, under the shelter of the winterberry trees. I found them there this morning.

Interestingly, I posted the first pictures of this clump in bloom last year on Feb. 17, same date as this year!  They did not appear until March 8 the year before, and March 5th in 2009. A pretty good indicator of the timing of the seasons.

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Photo above taken midmorning, cloudy. Here's some more, with the afternoon sun on them.