Here in Alabama there are new leaves budding everywhere, the bushes outside my window are covered in pink blossoms, and the Bradford pear trees have been covered in white blossoms for several weeks.
Same here in the Pacific Northwest (southwestern-most point in Canada.) Even the magnolias on campus are breaking out of their buds. Forsythia in full effect, Japanese plum & cherry trees all over town… it’s one of the most beautiful times of the year!
Same here in the Pacific Northwest (southwestern-most point in Canada.) Even the magnolias on campus are breaking out of their buds. Forsythia in full effect, Japanese plum & cherry trees all over town… it’s one of the most beautiful times of the year!
Temperatures in the low 80s F yesterday and today, had to kick on the AC to deal with the humidity. We might get to turn off the AC tomorrow, then it will pretty much have to run everyday until November.
Like here in Coventry, UK – I remember an article on ‘QI’ about ‘What moves at 4″/Day?’ … the answer is ‘Spring’ that travels North in the UK at that rate. I suppose you could sit in a planted garden and actually WATCH it happen?
It was all springy out here until I woke up on Wednesday to be buried under 4 inches of fresh snow. A stark reminder that I still live in San Francisco.
No daffs yet in my garden which is at moreorless sea level and 600 miles further south in Cardiff, but it faces northeast and gets no sun till May. There are shoots but no flowers till next week at least. Do I qualify as an honorary Airdrionian?
Spring did start around 4pm local time. In the end, it was Sunday afternoons he couldn’t cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in at about 2:55 when you know you’ve taken all the baths you can usefully take that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the newspaper you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o’clock, and you will enter the Long Dark Teatime of the Soul.
That reminds me of a trip on a m/c, my friend on his (smaller) 350cc Yamaha was riding at 70mph and was a steady 30 degrees or so from vertical. When he approached a bridge I expected the worst but he noticed too and went over to the hard shoulder, returning to lane 2 under the bridge! He was/is a good rider and didn’t lose control. On my 1000cc Gold Wing I had no problems…
I miss sister sprocket as well. I was just thinking this the other day. Yehuda must be lonley without anyone to have cute psuedo-aggressive sexual tension with. Where’s she been?
Czech republic – Blue skies, white clouds, all day. Snowdrops at many places. Other flowers shooting out of the ground, getting ready. 16°C right now. )
And yes, already for about a week now, I’m seeing quite a lot more cyclists on my way.
That observation makes me realise that it is the same in Coventry. For days we have had a clear. sunny, sky and it is definitely warming up! I will have to find-out my summer jacket, winter one to hot for cycling now.
It was dark every morning but getting lighter, just about took my lights off (at least my velcro’d on helmet light, looks a bit redneck.)
Oh yeah, then we had to jump our clocks ahead… DARK AGAIN!!! At least the next time my morning commute gets light they can’t take it away again until it goes away naturally.
DST, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
@Jeff in Iowa: More time for cycling in the evening without lights.
DST — It may not save all that much energy or cut down on total traffic accidents, but I like the extra hour in the evening for outside chores in my yard.
Hre in the Arabian Gulf we’ve gone from a week of blustery winds and sand drifts directly to summer – temps over 30C (high 80s F even in late afternoon), clear blue skies… Whew!
We had spring for a few days… then rain turned to sleet which turned to snow, and now we have 4-7″ of snow in Minneapolis & Saint Paul, MN. Still got the studs on!
Forget it man. We are in a second ice age. Although I did like my ride this morning it just didn’t seem right hauling out my fat tire bike. Motorists were sure upset too. It made me happy to know we weren’t alone. I plan on riding in full kit when it reaches 0 C.
Spring was here, too, in Pittsburgh, but today it started to get cold again and tomorrow it’s supposed to snow.
The roads have suffered badly over the winter, especially since road maintenance budgets have been cut. A couple days ago I was looking at a photo in the NYTimes of a rebel in Libya pointing his AK-47 at a suspected Qaddafi supporter on a highway. The Qaddafi supporter had his hands up and other people were trying to get the rebel not to shoot him. My first thought was, wow, look at all that smooth asphalt! Man, would I rather be biking there (in some ways).
Spring was here in Monterrey, Mexico since mid february, Now we went all the way to summer where we’ve been reaching above 30 degrees celcius (around 90 F i think) every single day, and it will stay like that -and worse- until late september. http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Monterrey+Mexico+MXNL0068
I’d love it if js-kit.com would allow some sort of optional geo-markers (national or state flags?) so we have a better idea from where folks are checking in.
we are having Spring today, and today only in Seattle, then back to winter for the nexr couple of weeks…sigh
@Tee, hey thanks for the bicycle challenge!
I’m so tempted to register to ride every day in April myself, but I just can’t ride every day. I *am* going to ride today, though; I have a few errands to run here in TinyTown, and my boyfriend isn’t here to insist that I let him do them for me. So, there will be a short ride…longer if I can muster it…and the sun is shining. Happy spring to me, indeed.
42° in, looking like 48° on the way home… hope the wind shifts more north than west by then We’ve one day to cool off before the snow on Friday.
Skipped the studs on the 29er for now, hopefully soon I can pick up a couple on clearance
Here in Oklahoma, with spring comes the inevitable tornado, and months of not knowing whether or not it is going to rain, and by not knowing, I mean not being sure if it is going to be sunny, cloudy, misty, rainy, or tornadic until whatever hits actually hits. Best time of the year!
It’s been a particularly long snowy Winter and cold lead-up to Spring here in the White Mtn foothills (well, compared to last year but no when compared to when I was a kid, when we had to walk to school through a foot of snow…uphill both ways…) But we had two beautiful days in the 50′s (degrees farenheit, not the era) and then 5″ of heavy slushy white stuff and more expected tomorrow…ugh. We can’t plow our driveway, the ground is too soft…the town road we live on is also dirt and they did plow…plow guy got stuck in the mud…now there’s a picture! Hopefully, the real Spring will show herself soon!
Sunshine! And temps in the low 50s! But there’s a cold wind blowing (cue Arcade Fire) in my valley today. I’m back home, chilled to the bone, but today, I rode and admired spring bustin’ out all over the bloomin’ place. I saw it! It was here!
Thanks so much. I have to rest several days in advance to have a day like today, and then I have to rest for a few days afterward. The secret is to be grateful for when I *can* be active. And I am very, very grateful for days like today.
I rode out to visit friends this afternoon and it was beautiful. In addition to the shrubs and pear trees in bloom that I metioned this morning, I saw lots of white dogwood blossoms and lovely purple crape myrtle; and the air was full of the scent of honeysuckle and jasmine. The temperature was 79 °F today, but it’s supposed to get back down to 39 °F tomorrow evening.
Jealous of the areas with actual spring weather. We’ve had a hint last week but it’s currently snowing and I just heard the weatherman say that temperatures should get above freezing in a couple more days. Now to melt the 3 – 5 ft snowbanks and we’ll be set.
Wow! You must have been thinking about Seattle today Rick. The first day it hit 55 degrees since November 4th of last year. Like November 4th it was not just over 55 but over 60 too! After clouds and rain almost every day for the past few weeks it felt soooo good.
A friend messaged me and asked if I’d like to take a walk in the dark since the wind stopped blowing…no bicycle, but we found a geocache on this lovely spring evening. Just feeling really grateful to be alive today…sorry if it comes across as a bit Pollyanna-esque. However comma…if you’re thankful for something, thank the capital S Someonething of your choice by speaking that energy of gratitude into creation. Om shanti.
Spring has Sprung!
But like all springs, it has rebounds..
“Pics or it didn’t happen.”
*Comic frame doesn’t count Yehuda, take a pic next time!
5+ inches of snow overnight here!
Here in Alabama there are new leaves budding everywhere, the bushes outside my window are covered in pink blossoms, and the Bradford pear trees have been covered in white blossoms for several weeks.
Same here in the Pacific Northwest (southwestern-most point in Canada.) Even the magnolias on campus are breaking out of their buds. Forsythia in full effect, Japanese plum & cherry trees all over town… it’s one of the most beautiful times of the year!
Same here in the Pacific Northwest (southwestern-most point in Canada.) Even the magnolias on campus are breaking out of their buds. Forsythia in full effect, Japanese plum & cherry trees all over town… it’s one of the most beautiful times of the year!
yeah we are expecting a shovelable amount here too
In NYC it was 70+ degrees a few days ago. Spring was here!
Was.
Last night we got a few inches of snow. More is expected tonight.
Again, pics or it didn’t happen! LOL
Temperatures in the low 80s F yesterday and today, had to kick on the AC to deal with the humidity. We might get to turn off the AC tomorrow, then it will pretty much have to run everyday until November.
Minnesota for the win
Like here in Coventry, UK – I remember an article on ‘QI’ about ‘What moves at 4″/Day?’ … the answer is ‘Spring’ that travels North in the UK at that rate. I suppose you could sit in a planted garden and actually WATCH it happen?
Spring… just a fantasy thus far…
In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“. . . and in summer/and in autumn/and in winter/–see above.”–Ogden Nash
It was all springy out here until I woke up on Wednesday to be buried under 4 inches of fresh snow. A stark reminder that I still live in San Francisco.
Oops, San Francisco was a couple of months ago. I meant Minnesota.
2 weeks ago already…. Welcome back!
Daffodils out in Glasgow but not in Airdrie which is 200 ft higher.
No daffs yet in my garden which is at moreorless sea level and 600 miles further south in Cardiff, but it faces northeast and gets no sun till May. There are shoots but no flowers till next week at least. Do I qualify as an honorary Airdrionian?
Spring…a time of rebirth, of emerging from the long dark teatime of one’s soul. A bicycle blows off those cobwebs faster.
Spring did start around 4pm local time. In the end, it was Sunday afternoons he couldn’t cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in at about 2:55 when you know you’ve taken all the baths you can usefully take that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the newspaper you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o’clock, and you will enter the Long Dark Teatime of the Soul.
I miss Douglas Adams (RIP)…..
That’s exactly how it is here in So Cal. Spring was here up until the first day of Spring. Now it’s Winter again!
I though winter was illegal in So Cal.
@Skye: Nope. Only in San Diego.
Hey, it’s was in the 40′s at 6AM in San Diego this AM. Pretty ride along the coast though (Carlsbad).
it’s so difficud to be the first poster *sigh*.
First-Full-Scale-To-Work-Commute
and i did feel spring too 
)
11km 150m (6.93 miles) with headwind and no water (just sweat and blood
lovely
What did you do after the warm-up?
Congratulations!
washed in wash-basin, changed clothes and went to my room
and still gotta get back home at 6pm, lets hope for wind this time
Wind? Like this maybe? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qgjyqibwY
That reminds me of a trip on a m/c, my friend on his (smaller) 350cc Yamaha was riding at 70mph and was a steady 30 degrees or so from vertical. When he approached a bridge I expected the worst but he noticed too and went over to the hard shoulder, returning to lane 2 under the bridge! He was/is a good rider and didn’t lose control. On my 1000cc Gold Wing I had no problems…
More like this:
http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=20080122
this stripe made me a great fan (fanatic maybe) of yehuda and Kickstand
We’re having our second spring here, no jacket or wellies on my ride to work
Winter is due back on Saturday
Starting April 1…30 Days of Biking: http://30daysofbiking.com/bike/
The website appears to be having some problems. The link did not work for me this morning. Must be my internet connection.
@Eggman: Working now.
Trying to register but my company’s security policy rules forbid the use of spreadsheets.google.com.
I have seen the first cherry blossoms this morning. Yes, spring is here too
We have had them for days! (Smug grin wiped off
Where y’at?
Coventry, UK
Whatever happened to Sister Sprocket? I liked her. Hope she makes it to the rebuilt Kickstand sometime soon.
Speaking of Sprocket, where are Sweetroll, Chunkbait and Stokeley? I miss these guys.
Spring has definitely arrived in my little bit of heaven on earth. The veg seeds are germinating…
I saw it too!
serious spring weather last night: thunder, lightning, hail, tornadoes. it’s in central iowa.
Actually I shouldn’t be saying ‘like’ to that, just appreciating the comment
I miss sister sprocket as well. I was just thinking this the other day. Yehuda must be lonley without anyone to have cute psuedo-aggressive sexual tension with. Where’s she been?
I, however, have been enjoying her absence.
Crocuses are popping up here in Kent, Ohio, U.S.A. Birds are chirping in the early AM. Snow tomorrow.
Woke up to a snowy landscape here in Toronto this morning. Sigh…
Current conditions, -4 with snow flurries.
http://www.thestar.com/theweather/Canada/Ontario/Toronto
And to think that we hit 15 a couple weeks ago.
Back down to 10 tomorrow. Winter bike for a little while longer I guess. Bah.
Czech republic – Blue skies, white clouds, all day. Snowdrops at many places. Other flowers shooting out of the ground, getting ready. 16°C right now.
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And yes, already for about a week now, I’m seeing quite a lot more cyclists on my way.
That observation makes me realise that it is the same in Coventry. For days we have had a clear. sunny, sky and it is definitely warming up! I will have to find-out my summer jacket, winter one to hot for cycling now.
for us in Brasil it´s winter coming. What a glory, for a tropical e hot country, ride around and not sweating anymore…
Looks like Yehuda is suffering form DST-itis!
It was dark every morning but getting lighter, just about took my lights off (at least my velcro’d on helmet light, looks a bit redneck.)
Oh yeah, then we had to jump our clocks ahead… DARK AGAIN!!! At least the next time my morning commute gets light they can’t take it away again until it goes away naturally.
DST, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
@Jeff in Iowa: More time for cycling in the evening without lights.
DST — It may not save all that much energy or cut down on total traffic accidents, but I like the extra hour in the evening for outside chores in my yard.
Hre in the Arabian Gulf we’ve gone from a week of blustery winds and sand drifts directly to summer – temps over 30C (high 80s F even in late afternoon), clear blue skies… Whew!
We had spring for a few days… then rain turned to sleet which turned to snow, and now we have 4-7″ of snow in Minneapolis & Saint Paul, MN. Still got the studs on!
Forget it man. We are in a second ice age. Although I did like my ride this morning it just didn’t seem right hauling out my fat tire bike. Motorists were sure upset too. It made me happy to know we weren’t alone. I plan on riding in full kit when it reaches 0 C.
It was 86° F here in Jacksonville, FL. so I guess it’s sprummer here
Beautiful!
Spring was here, too, in Pittsburgh, but today it started to get cold again and tomorrow it’s supposed to snow.
The roads have suffered badly over the winter, especially since road maintenance budgets have been cut. A couple days ago I was looking at a photo in the NYTimes of a rebel in Libya pointing his AK-47 at a suspected Qaddafi supporter on a highway. The Qaddafi supporter had his hands up and other people were trying to get the rebel not to shoot him. My first thought was, wow, look at all that smooth asphalt! Man, would I rather be biking there (in some ways).
Sand=slippery asphalt + Gunmen everywhere. Oh – just like redneck country in the states? (Joke)
I live in redneck country. Come see me and I’ll give you the guided tour.
I do believe that Yehuda jinxed us. Grass yesteday 6 inches today and still coming down.
Spring was here in Monterrey, Mexico since mid february, Now we went all the way to summer where we’ve been reaching above 30 degrees celcius (around 90 F i think) every single day, and it will stay like that -and worse- until late september.
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Monterrey+Mexico+MXNL0068
Spring is official when I can comfortably wear short sleeves on the commute in and back. Not quite here yet.
I never cease to be amazed by the international flavor of the posters to this site. It’s a small world we live in.
Yeah – Thanks Rick & co for giving us this fine place to meet!
I’d love it if js-kit.com would allow some sort of optional geo-markers (national or state flags?) so we have a better idea from where folks are checking in.
we are having Spring today, and today only in Seattle, then back to winter for the nexr couple of weeks…sigh
@Tee, hey thanks for the bicycle challenge!
I’m so tempted to register to ride every day in April myself, but I just can’t ride every day. I *am* going to ride today, though; I have a few errands to run here in TinyTown, and my boyfriend isn’t here to insist that I let him do them for me.
So, there will be a short ride…longer if I can muster it…and the sun is shining. Happy spring to me, indeed. 
BTW, 69 degree commute this AM, snow expected tomorrow here in Indy.
42° in, looking like 48° on the way home… hope the wind shifts more north than west by then
We’ve one day to cool off before the snow on Friday. 
Skipped the studs on the 29er for now, hopefully soon I can pick up a couple on clearance
For me, I know it is spring in The Cleve when the daffodils blossom in Lakeview. Anyone mind letting me know if that has happened yet?
Here in Oklahoma, with spring comes the inevitable tornado, and months of not knowing whether or not it is going to rain, and by not knowing, I mean not being sure if it is going to be sunny, cloudy, misty, rainy, or tornadic until whatever hits actually hits. Best time of the year!
We had a few hail & tornados last night, thankfully nothing major.
Snow and lower 30′sF today in Ithaca, NY. I’ts all my fault, folks…I had put my snowshovel away thinking we were done with this mess.
In England spring is well and truly on the way i had salad for lunch sitting in the garden! (i know its wednesday, im a student bum!) Lovely.
I though i would share a little bike porn with you guys curtisy of the guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/gallery/2011/mar/23/cyclepedia-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs#/?picture=372807033&index=0
Enjoy!
I am buying that book
I’m in the south, 80 degree weather has already sprung.
It’s been a particularly long snowy Winter and cold lead-up to Spring here in the White Mtn foothills (well, compared to last year but no when compared to when I was a kid, when we had to walk to school through a foot of snow…uphill both ways…) But we had two beautiful days in the 50′s (degrees farenheit, not the era) and then 5″ of heavy slushy white stuff and more expected tomorrow…ugh. We can’t plow our driveway, the ground is too soft…the town road we live on is also dirt and they did plow…plow guy got stuck in the mud…now there’s a picture! Hopefully, the real Spring will show herself soon!
Time for the commute home, and it’s now 73 degrees F. Tomorrow an expected high of 40. I’d better get the Under Armour back out of the laundry.
Sunshine! And temps in the low 50s! But there’s a cold wind blowing (cue Arcade Fire) in my valley today. I’m back home, chilled to the bone, but today, I rode and admired spring bustin’ out all over the bloomin’ place.
I saw it! It was here!
It is good to hear you are active again Tee. Must have been a bummer when you couldnt get about. I am praying for a lasting remission for you…
Thanks so much. I have to rest several days in advance to have a day like today, and then I have to rest for a few days afterward. The secret is to be grateful for when I *can* be active. And I am very, very grateful for days like today.
I rode out to visit friends this afternoon and it was beautiful. In addition to the shrubs and pear trees in bloom that I metioned this morning, I saw lots of white dogwood blossoms and lovely purple crape myrtle; and the air was full of the scent of honeysuckle and jasmine. The temperature was 79 °F today, but it’s supposed to get back down to 39 °F tomorrow evening.
79 degrees is my *perfect* temperature. Not too hot, not too cool. Perfect. That’s pretty much a summer day here where I live.
Jealous of the areas with actual spring weather. We’ve had a hint last week but it’s currently snowing and I just heard the weatherman say that temperatures should get above freezing in a couple more days. Now to melt the 3 – 5 ft snowbanks and we’ll be set.
Wow! You must have been thinking about Seattle today Rick. The first day it hit 55 degrees since November 4th of last year. Like November 4th it was not just over 55 but over 60 too! After clouds and rain almost every day for the past few weeks it felt soooo good.
A friend messaged me and asked if I’d like to take a walk in the dark since the wind stopped blowing…no bicycle, but we found a geocache on this lovely spring evening. Just feeling really grateful to be alive today…sorry if it comes across as a bit Pollyanna-esque. However comma…if you’re thankful for something, thank the capital S Someonething of your choice by speaking that energy of gratitude into creation. Om shanti.
One minute left…everyone ready? lol! Who cares who posts first? Really.