| With my luck, this post will jinx Ohio with 30 days of rain. |
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| Written by OHmommy | |
| Tuesday, 09 March 2010 00:00 | |
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Nearly two years ago in March, the sun came out after a long Cleveland winter and a five year old boy exclaimed "Someone needs to call the weatherman to tell him that it feels like summer out here!" It was fifty degrees that day. Now that the kids are a little older I figure that with age comes thicker skin and forty sunny degrees is absolutely acceptable for outdoor ruckus. "Let's find our bikes!" Older, thicker skinned, stir crazy Midwestern children make for excellent bicycle cleaners as they feverishly wipe off months of settled dust in anticipation of steering their wheels around gigantic snow mounds. In March.
"I don't care about my pants getting wet. They will dry." Jay, suddenly an extreme sports enthusiast, argued with me and tried to figure out if he could bike down the slope.
"I'm not sure I can. I'm not sure I can. I'm not sure I can remember how to do this." Lola pumped her legs on the bike while chanting to herself.
"Da sun! Da sun! I no like da sun!!! It hurts me eyes." Fifi threw her head down and refused to move.
One tried to imagine a new path. One tried to remember an old skill. One tried to argue with nature. We all tried to remember life with the sun. It's been a very long time since the sun kissed our skins in Cleveland. Is it sunny in your neck of the woods? |
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| Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 23:46 |
Comments
i think there will be one more snowstorm between march 29th and april 19 (because there always is around my birthday and my sons). and then, sun and warmth all the way until next winter!
Okay.
Poor Fifi -- my two year old, even though she's a nature freak, hates having the sun in her eyes.
I took the curtains down in the living room on the west side of the house and left the sheers up before December. The past couple of days the glare from the sun has been awful in here...I can't believe I forgot about the glare.
Also I hope that it doesn't rain for 30 days-you will upset a lot of Clevelanders.
If it snows again, I don't think I'm going to be able to handle it.
I have my heat on this morning because my baby's toes were like frozen peas when he woke up.
And yeah, it's sunny.. I do live in Sunny California
This is the time of the year that it isn't any fun living spitting distance from the lake, as we do. Most of the year, it moderates things -- we don't even get much lake effect snow, being so close -- but in the spring, when the lake is still frozen, it keeps things chilly. We'll be several degrees colder than folks even a couple of blocks further south, and our flowers'll bloom a week or two later.
I can't remember the last time I wore a long sleeved shirt.
*sighing loudly*
Seriously.
It's 59 degrees.
I did not wear socks today. It was awesome.
The sun comes and goes around here. Today it's been non stop rain. Yesterday we were out playing on the tree swing and running around the high school track. Mother Nature is having mood swings.
Love that she hated the sun. Been that long, eh?
My kids have been biking every day this week b/c it's been in the 50s. They are SO HAPPY to be back outside.
My sister-in-law suggested I read your blog and I am so glad she did. I have been secretly lurking around and reading it for about a month now. Very fun!
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