Greetings and salutations, everyone; yes, once again it is I, Mani the purebred border collie, filling in for the guy I live with, and here today to complain about the weather, like gardeners do. You may remember me from such posts as “Winter Drags On”, among so many, many others.

Here I am in a characteristic pose.
You can see what happened last night. The snow just stopped a couple of hours ago.
This is a good thing. I like snow.

We had three days of “fire weather” warnings; it was really windy yesterday, but not like totally scary. (The fire business is definitely scary. There’s a huge fire in Nebraska, which the guy I live with assured me was a long way from here.)
This was in flower yesterday but now all the flowers are frozen. He forgot to cover this last night but it was so windy the cover would have blown away. The guy I live with is disappointed, but the snow is better. (Note the mention of fire, above.)
Iris popovii from Tovil Dara in Tajikistan.
It was 75 degrees F (23.9C) yesterday, and tonight it’s going to get down to 16F (-8.9C).

This crocus was in flower too. The guy I live with thinks it might be a form of Crocus korolkowii.
So far, so good, since we’re used to this sort of thing, even though it isn’t ideal of course.
But later this week it’s supposed to be about 84F (28.9C) which is completely ridiculous and may undo all the effects of this snow, so naturally the week after that will feature yet more “fire danger” warnings. The weather people said so, according to the guy I live with, who is very, very tired of this.
He says more seasonal temperatures with some rain would be nice.

Anyway, that’s all I have for today. I had a nice walk this evening.

Until next time, then.