It's strangely warm this morning, and yesterday it was warm enough for me to wear just a T-shirt and shorts all day. That's about to change, however. A cold north wind bringing heavy rain is forecast to blow through starting this afternoon and lasting all day tomorrow. The temperature is supposed to drop by 12ºC — that's 20ºF — tomorrow morning. I see on Accuweather that the northeastern U.S. will be affected by the same cold snap, caused by a "polar vortex."
If it really happens, it will be the perfect saints de glace, the ice saints' days, scenario. May 11, 12, and 13 are often chilly days in France and much of Europe. That's why we don't set delicate plants out in the vegetable garden until May 15. It's too risky. A lot of the flowers in my 2-minute slideshow, above, might not survive the chill and the cold rainfall.
Very cold here. There was snow on the ground this morning and though it melted it also continued to snow all day...My plants are still inside and I think it may be two weeks before I can take them out. The CSA farm we used to belong to didn't plant their crops until May 25th.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a beautiful slide show!
ReplyDeleteBrrrr. I guess we're lucky to be having chilly rain. It's supposed to blow through in about 24 hours' time and then turn warm again.
DeleteBeautiful slide. Peonies are some of my favorite flowers. I guess these are Sony photos? They're very good to excellent.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold here in Virginia too!
This is a good day to cut as many flowers as possible and bring them inside so you can enjoy them for a few more days. I love peonies! My grandmother had dozens of plants in her gardens in Ontario, Canada.
ReplyDeleteIt’s cold here in Florida too, only 72 for the high temperature today!
Same temperature as here in St-Aignan today. Very different tomorrow, they're saying. Much cooler.
DeleteStrange weather for strange times. Your flowers are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe had a one-night dip down into the 30s°F a couple of nights ago, but daytime temps in the upper 50s, low 60s. If I were planting tomatoes (which I'm not), I'd be putting them in, now.
ReplyDeleteYour slide show is lovely! I snagged that beautiful photo of the vase sitting on your dining room table, with an orange and a red flower, from the other day, and it's currently my desktop photo background. Makes me smile every time I open my computer.
Our weather in southern Illinois has been a rollercoaster. Warm, cold, warm, colder. Saturday morning it went down to 32 degrees F. Almost a record for this time of year. My garden is planted and it seems no damage was done.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to me how saints de glace is such a predictable phenom. Enjoyed the pivoines and the wisteria slide show. Wisteria must need cold to bloom well...we have lots of them here in LA but they never seem as glorious as the ones I remember from the East Coast.
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