!!!!!hell yes it's march!!!!

everyone always gets so excited when spring is finally here, but this is a thread for appreciating the slow onset of spring

i love how clean the streets look after the snow melts

and/or talking about rites of spring -- actual rites, not the band (unless you are dying to talk about the band but tbh i never felt strongly about them one way or the other)

i love the smell

this is going to be a good month. i turn 30 and i get my annual bonus on the day i turn 30, with a week off work.

longer evenings have just started becoming noticeable too.

that sounds like a plan!

this is happening in town on sunday

What you'll hear in the Fern Room is Orniphonia 2 by Chicago composer and artist Bob Snyder. Importantly, there are no actual bird sounds in this piece at all—everything is created through electronic means using analog synthesis. The compositional approach is similar to the groundbreaking Forbidden Planet (1956), the first movie with an electronic soundtrack. In that film, each character is accompanied by a unique sound created by an electronic circuit. In Orniphonia 2, the sound of each “creature” is also generated by a particular circuit. Each circuit generates patterns consisting of cycles within cycles that interact and change. The fact that a circuit producing regular interacting patterns of change can mimic a living organism reflects the fact that all living things exhibit rhythmic behavior, and that all biological life interacts with its environment in a regular way.

All this and my birthday's tomorrow so fuck yeah March.

the first bike ride through the park to the fern room is one of the things i am looking forward to the most. i am maxed out on drama and ready for some outdoors activities prontito.

the neighborhood makes me skittish but we should go together!

me too, but i brave the waters for the fern room (it's closer to me than gp too)
this weekend is super weird for a reason i will hopefully explain to you when i see you on sunday! this event has been on the calendar, which means i have to actually do it.

one thing i find difficult/challenging about spring is remembering how to do things again; slowing down in the fall is always a challenge too.

First journey home from work in actual daylight is always a good moment for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH4oPCUoILQ

sorry kids but march blows

first bike ride without gloves :o~

march is a challenge that usually pays off at least somewhat toward the end but mostly is a sign of better times ahead
i'll take it

march is when you plan for may
why because it's right around the corner

haha, I only put on Skylarking when the temperature hits 70 (first 70 degree day of the year, every year).

I'll listen to it at 50 degrees even though I fully admit that it sounds better at 70.

there is a love in your heart

Spring is Icumen In!

(Bullshitte is Igoin' Owt!)

march in 26 different languages if you please
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8518198911_14bbe7bf8f.jpg

Down here in Texas, we should alread be well into Summer by now, yet it was in the 40s this morning. I call bullshit.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/RaAhBBk4Tkuw8gxwPeg6tZHAo1_500.jpg

i would like to order a grilled cheese sangwatsu, thx

Hey, you found a photo of me! Shouldn't it be 110 degrees by now?

xpost

March isn't my favorite month, but February is my most hated month, so by comparison, March is pretty fucking awesome. And a sign of better things to come.

March isn't my favorite month by a long shot, but it's much much closer than, say, December.

february suuuuuuuucked

my least fave are nov and feb

perenially

well guess what -- february is over. it ended YESTERDAY. today is 3/1/13.

January and September are my least favorite.

I have to like March because it's my birth month.

february? never heard of it!

february kicked my ass, so i'm relieved it's over. march is going to kick my ass too, but at least i have one ass-kicking behind me.

Got two drinks in after work and there was still daylight, bonus

September to November are fully delightful months. December to March not so much, but I can deal.

I don't get excited about March anymore, because March is the month of false hopes. March always lets you down. But yeah, at least it's not fucking February, by far my most hated month.

i have to get excited about march or i lose hope completely
it's going to be rough going here while we transition, but things will slowly get better
(as opposed to facing months and months of things slowly getting worse)

March is going to be a big improvement over Feb. 'cause I can get some seeds into the ground, continue trying to get in better shape, maybe travel a bit, smoke some ribs, etc

Now my wife won't have to listen to me saying "it's still February" every freaking day.

!!!!!hell yes it's march!!!!

winter is just the worst here. december through february the valley is basically mordor.

now the snow is half-melted and i see crocuses. garden clean-up time in a week or so.

my birthday is in april so I appreciate March as the leadup

also daylight savings starts in a couple of weeks, and I'm excited to resume my evening walks after work

it's pretty delightful all round. I say yes to MARZO

march in 26 different languages if you please

Is that a book you own, LL? It looks delightful!

it is!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xz%2B38mm8L._SL500_SS500_.jpg

you can get it used for 1¢ + shipping! (i got mine years ago at that huge book sale that used to be in the parking lot of the mall just north of here...the old brandeis book sale before they changed hands and started to kind of suck)

wow that's a cool book to have in your arsenal

I want that book.

it's super available, apparently. i've always been guarding it like some kind of precious jewel but it doesn't seem to be rare at all.

MARCH

i just spent two hours walking outside and tbrr shit was pretty grim, but that didn't stop it from being march

Yeah , it's shitty outside today. Still, we March on.

so glad Feb is over, i was sick like dog all month

bring on the Ides, I say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVN8y8XZCes

Never been a fan of march, even less so now it brings me to 40 years of age.
10 years ago, it was amazing, now, not so much.

march is okay, but it inevitably leads to july

I really want to believe that March can't possibly be any worse than the three months that preceded it. I really, really want to believe that.

First journey home from work in actual daylight is always a good moment for me

Yes! My first day leaving work at 6 after the time change is always the best.

march is okay, but it inevitably leads to july

This is why it is awesome!!!

The ice cream stands I pass on my drive home have OPENING DAY signs up but I couldn't catch what day it is.

first half of MARZO in hospital blahhhh, but perhaps get most of my normal life back in 3 months, so.

That sounds like good news in the long-term. Best wishes, Morbz.

This is why it is awesome!!!

rong

no

fite

*popcorn*

cmon eeyores -- spring is magnificent

magnificent!!

and it is coming.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eeyore61_5881.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTYPZUWuLmnqHzgklyqGkCa0oESS8RyUbuOaQ3Vko1-P9w2Q8J

when i was a kid, my mom sewed me a pooh and a piglet and a kanga with a pouch that roo fit inside

curiously, she did not make me an eeyore

aw cuet

when i was a kid, my brother was christopher robin, my sister was piglet, my other sister was tigger, and i was eeyore.

i did double duty as oscar the grouch.

I had a Miss Piggy swimsuit.

pics or it didn't happen

Yeah, give me July and August anytime. March is a stepping stone to those. PS I am drunk.

http://i.imgur.com/Z7FpC.gif

lousy smarch weather

I had a hand me down Wonder Woman bathing suit.

I got a brand new key. Call me maybe?

I was Laurel AND Hardy for Halloween once

I hated March growing up because in upstate NY it was pretty much just gray, muddy, icy, slush, punctuated by the occasional blizzard. March in East Tennessee is a whole other thing, there's usually a point during the month where suddenly everything blooms in about 3 days and it's 70 and sunny. We get some more dreary weather into April, but still, it's generally beautiful. It hasn't started well this year -- 35 and gray today -- but forecast says 66 by next weekend, so here's hoping.

breaking 50 today although the air quality is not so good.

at least it's sunny and not freezing.

WIndows open! Taking the trash out in shirtsleeves!

Walked the dog without her little sweater!

25 degrees and snow flurries in Cleveland. Lousy Smarch weather, indeed.

april in cleveland is no picnic either

neither is august, fwiw

there are no picnics in cleveland, at all

May in NEOH is heavenly. The metroparks, the blooming of the valley, it's great.

And I can't see/feel/smell May yet at all, but it's getting cloooooooser.

LL, going to have another May Day celebration? I liked it last year but it was too cold.

I want to make it annual! Maybe you could do some weather research for me to see the most reliably temperate weekend in May?

i'll give February props for destroying the streets in this city

early to mid spring here is harsh and schizo. the air is cold and the sun is glaring. you're grateful for the extra 10-15 degrees F but it's still a little unpleasant, it's dry and dirty, everything is still dead, the sun feels pissed somehow. our last snowstorm usually isn't until may. around then it starts to soften up a little and there you are in early summer. spring is like all the coughing and drainage of congestion you have to go through before you finally kick a cold.

where are u

inside a poem.

All day, been feeling like planting things and going to festivals....

Its March and it is still 28-30C every day here.

(grumbles) aussies go and ruin everything for us northern hemispereans. horsewhipping too good, etc.

xp i'm in salt lake city, utah.

inside my own bum hole

i'm a little drunk.

70 in Sacramento :)

i was trying to get at why spring kind of bugs me but i think in typing that i realized it doesn't actually bug me that much!

xp oh that sounds nice

how's the air there? bad air here today.

traditionally i didnt really like march that much, apart from negative definition wrt february but i am beginning to like march on its own terms

sunny today, high of 32

19 here. march refuses to stop being cold. i always get older in march. in less than a week, in fact; i have no idea what i'm doing to celebrate. it feels strange to anticipate spring break and turning 32 at the same time! like... "i'm 40 today...and i'm getting my braces off!"

oh it's a high of 32 here, too...it's not sooo bad.

i always drag my feet through march but there's always that layer of anticipation underneath the surface that makes it sort of great

^^^ that is the essence of hell yes it's march !!!!
everyone starts off grumbling under their breath and by the end it's like someone opened the door of the tomb and finally let in some fresh air
i love the onset of spring almost as much as spring itself

I rode my bike in the snow last night! Can't wait for spring nights.

The fern room sound installation was excellent btw. Glad we went.

yes!

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

This snowstorm is a bit of a bummer, but we expected setbacks. At least it's bound to be the last big one.

(this year, that is)

I disapprove of slush

everyone hates it but i kinda love commuting in horrible conditions. everyone driving soooo slow. peaceful. and the snow is really pretty.

also you can show up way late and nobody cares

Good point. Score +1 for March.

i kinda relaxed into a trance while waiting for the metra and listening to basic channel y'day — everything was white and the visibility was so low you couldn't see the train until it was right in front of you.

commuting vibes

I took the metra a couple times! not shabby

I like that space out effect with snow. That's part of snow's charm iirc.

Started biking to work again yesterday morning. 15F with the wind when I left at 6:30am.

It's supposed to be 50 on Sunday!
The air felt very temperate while I was walking the dogs this morning, and it was only 26. The snow will be gone in no time. Honestly, the first 70 is great, but the first 50 is comparatively more exhilarating.

The first day of the year that you can spend all day with the windows in the house open is <3 <3 <3

i overheard a girl say "i'mma walk in this fresh-ass air." — otm

that girl is totally otm
later today imma walk in this fresh-ass air myself

it is finally blizzard-ish in nyc

Humidity: 95%

Visibility: Moderate

Pressure: 999mb, Rising

london looks like the interrior of a greenhouse today

equinoctial hijinks

just walked for an hour in the terry gross frrrrresh air and listened to la dusseldorf
it was everything i expected it would be
AND i got a new chair at work

it's like 65 here
took a walk

Been riding my bike to as many things as I can justify, lately. Tonight was maybe a little too cold for it but luckily my subcutaneous fat protects me as does the alcohol content of my blood.

Stupid wintery mix today. 14 out of 17 days in March have been below average temp and it is forecasted that the next 14 days will be below average as well. 10" of snow this March, a third of what we've received all winter. Worst fucking March ever.

It has been a bit of a bummer, I'll agree. These ice balls falling from the sky are definitely not what I ordered.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pgO-2oWFc34/SedAkB14O7I/AAAAAAAABxE/waaoyU5UBow/s320/snoopy.gif

snowing!

It's snowed like five times already. The hell?

This is why I try and fail to never get excited about anything.

Worst fucking March ever.

I got out just in time, yay me.

This is why I try and fail to never get excited about anything.

c'mon, you don't really try that

summer will be here soon enough and i will bitch at tokyo rosemary rather than vice versa

seriously this month has me rethinking my choices re: place of residence

i want to be in okinawa.

Hit 90 in Austin today.

i try and fail EVERY TIME
sometimes i only try for like 30 sec, but i try to maintain a level head -- i'm just not good at it.

i want to be in austin wearing 80% fewer layers

I wiped away a single tear and turned on the air conditioner.

71 in Sacramento

no-one would really want to be here though, tbf

tru. vg how long did it take you to adjust to f°?

there is no good reason for the temp to go above 80f imo. maybe like 82 if you're at the beach

I adjusted pretty quick. I moved to Sac in the height of summer so it was oh okay FARKING HOT = 100

I wiped away a single tear and turned on the air conditioner.
Are you sure it wasn't a tender bead of sweat? 90 degrees sounds so far away right now. The wind is howling outside my window.

90 degrees sounds so far away right now

if only it stayed that way

I was getting worried my vacation would be weather-neutral, but San Francisco is going to be between 50 and 65 this weekend. two more days of Iowa.

summer will be here soon enough and i will bitch at tokyo rosemary rather than vice versa

CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH

I just want to be able to wear my spring and summer dresses.

i want to wear nothing

co-sign

though i wouldn't say 'no' to a neglige

this snow is pretty awesome imo

this snow isn't noize

This wind can eat it. I have no room in my life for wind that makes this much of a ruckus.

would accept a temporary freaky friday-type situation with la lechera, snow and howling winds sounds perfect right about now.

ian ian ian

March is such a con of a month, you always think it's going to be better than the preceding month and it's usually just as shitty as the previous two. April is where it's at.

I'm starting to think this is true, but this thread will chronicle the slow plodding grey slushy howling monkey onset of spring. When it comes, we can look back at March and lol.

I say it every year and multiple times: March. Is. The. Worst. Month.

Except last year. That was awesome.

xxp True as a general rule, but my wife and I moved back to Cleveland from Virginia in March 2007, and April gave us this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKWb03cpyc

Instead of going to three home opener baseball games, I spent three days clearing 18+ inches of snow from my driveway.

Jesus christ, has the Gulf Stream switched off or something?

Enough already.

It's going to get better, I just know it. That's the bittersweet taste of March. It's the Fernet of seasons -- only those with a taste for the medicinal will find pleasure in it.

I'm in the mood to watch the Wicker Man again. Less than six weeks until May Day!

I prefer the cold and all, but it's getting a little tedious.

Only another month until spring weather.

zp

50s next weekend, potentially.

supposed to have snow today!

boo

http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/FEATURE03252013.jpg

That line chart is beautiful.

tokyo rosemary, you are otm on both counts

Oh yeah, motherfucking snowing right now, again.

<3

Car flipped over on the Cleveland Shoreway in front of our office's building this morning. No other cars involved, def. weather related. Pic is blurry as I took it from the 15th floor with a lol iPhone.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/482009_10200388063960893_157477594_n.jpg

snowing, throat is sore, march u are a traet :/

Mookie, you are on probation. March weather is on my last frayed nerve, but this is my spring break. I'm trying to make the most of it.

probation!

nelsonlaugh.wav

tough but fair

I vote for double secret probation.

yes, probation. it is getting warmer.
snow has overstayed its welcome.
it's time to move on.

vote no on snow

Vote early, vote often.

One week left of this dumb month.

you can't impeach march

I can try.

If we make it through Passover,
Everything's gonna be alright come Eastertime
It's the coldest time of false-spring,
and I shiver when I see the fallin' snow.

I hereby banish March into the past with each passing (dragging agonizing) second. Each second that passes is one less second of March and one tiny step closer to April, where the real springtime action will be (probably).

another month and then we'll be happy / just one more month and then we'll be happy

<3 but ;_; for gerry
here is some springspo -- http://open.spotify.com/track/4HKMxNBFtsRNIUdK4sVzl8
gloucestershire wildlife tapestry -- nature sounds from day and night, it's delightful, trust me

heard the ice cream truck for the first time today

no way

yeah, high of 51° today

also that jingle would make me kill myself if i were the driver

highs here supposed to stay in 50s till sunday, then hit 70 as soon as april arrives = just get outta here, march

on the other hand: my front yard is a pit of mud and standing water, and I am not looking forward to being devoured by mosquitoes =.o

ice cream!!!

Brackish water! 50-something! That's gonna be us come this weekend, with any luck. I just want to not wear a hat every time I leave the building.

I was just thinking today it's almost Easter and I am still wearing my wool hats. I will probably be wearing them until May.

part of me is beginning to look forward to night swimming.

Lolchicago: 35° and the coffee shop and the cafe on my street have their fronts wide open.

I haven't left the house for almost 3 days.

have had the weirdest most lingering cold all week. was out of work 2 days, spent last night sweating like a bastard. fuk u march.

is it time for an april thread? because we are getting successive waves of awesome thunderstorms down here, and I am over the moon about it.

it is 35 and "blustery" here, so maybe not quite yet

i prefer my weather to bluster tbh

I think this thread will suffice because it will still document the painful slowness of the onset of spring.

I'm jumping for joy over here b/c it's supposed to be 50-60 for the next four days. Four days!!! No gloves! A jacket!!

I can go with jacket. Still prob medium coat weather for me. It takes a month or so to shake of the residual winter bone chill.

Yeah I'll still be wearing a hat. Also I guess high temp today is 42, which is nice but not what I thought. I want it to be warm enough to smell the mud.

I will probably keep wearing my hat until it is 70.

I am getting tired of wearing boots.

I went for a walk on Monday, it was almost warm enough.

I don't mind walking in the cold -- it's has its unique charms, but I love walking in general -- but I am DEF tired of boots. I've already busted out the sneakers (for walking).
Today seems like a mighty fine day for a walk, actually.

I forgot to mention that I saw several falling snowflakes on Monday, but I'm convinced it was just a lighthearted joke from nature.

hell yes, it's april
APRIL!

Is it always this windy in the spring? I feel like I would have noticed it in the 10 years I've lived in Brooklyn but this year it seems especially cruel that the sun shines and the "temperature" is like 55 but HAHAHAHA NO ACTUALLY THERE IS BITTER WIND FREEZING YOU.

My eyes keep watering so bad from all the wind.

I know! Maybe I just really want to go for a bike ride where my ears and face don't freeze.

The wind is my enemy. I think it actually goes through my body and I do not appreciate that.

I want more April showers! We had some impressive straight-line winds ahead of the front that blew through here last night... popped my balcony door open and then slammed it shut. Guess it wasn't latched.

I haven't owned a hat or scarf all winter, and I finally just got gloves a couple weeks ago.

You're nuts! I wear a scarf and various hats Oct-May and then I switch to my lite scarf.

Was totally wrong abt weather today btw. It's cold.

77 on Tuesday!!!

Goodbye, March!!

enormous amts of rain falling over here

It is raining and blustery here this morning, so I walked to work! So fantastic.

There are plants growing visibly from one day to the next outside the windows now. It was warm enough to not wear a scarf on Monday, totally gorgeous. One week til May!!

yay!

it's still march :\

yeah but soon things will get noticeably better
and in the meantime look what i found -- an old picture of me in my bluebird of paradise costume!! (halloween 1999)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8678479892_812c16096f_m.jpg

paging f hazel

i saw a warren of baby rabbits and then one popped out to leave
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8681811056_b2e36c445e_c.jpg

silflay! I spent a fair amount of time at work this afternoon doing GIS searches for rabbits in tiny tents.

!! aren't they wonderful?!?
those are just regular sized blades of grass btw -- i could probably hold two rabbits in the not-very-large palm of my hand

also it's getting niiiiiiiiiiiiice here, and not just one day either -- like a couple days in a row. i'm feelin it.

Hrududu

i don't hear any hrududu but this partic warren is about 2 feet from a street with heavy foot traffic (and occasional car traffic)

just a small boomp to say that spring is finally here -- it goes between being kinda hot and kinda cool, lots of rain, lots of moodiness, some thunder/lightning, lots of very beautiful hours followed by a huge tantrum. good times! springtimes.

this is what i was excited about in march.

also? last day of may, that officially concludes our season itt.
until next year!

boomp

it's raining balls here, love it. spring is my favorite week (lol cleveland weather joke)

Stupid wintery mix today. 14 out of 17 days in March have been below average temp and it is forecasted that the next 14 days will be below average as well. 10" of snow this March, a third of what we've received all winter. Worst fucking March ever.

― Jeff, Monday, March 18, 2013 6:51 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This march isn't looking any better. Hard to get excited since the weather outlook is dismal and I'm already broken from winter. I think may is going to be the new march.

It's gonna suck for a while and then eventually it'll be like FORTY. Anything will be an improvement over the last 2 months.

Once it gets to 35 I'm going to dance through the streets.

i remember two marches ago it was like 85 degrees a lot of times. global cooling more like!

I have the SPRING FEELING today! I don't know what's up with me but I'm feeling a little manic, enjoying it though

Oh man. Spring feeling. That's among my most treasured feelings. Enjoy it!

lol 6-10 inches of snow expected here on monday

yeah here too. i'm frustrated about it. i like to not go to work but i can't just miss two days of work like that! f u march

i was explaining this to my dad this morning -- it's not that i expect march to be so great. it's not going to be great. it's probably gonna totally suck. the big difference is that march marks the dawn of the time when i am permitted to begin to regain hope for the future not sucking as badly as the present.

in november, that is deferred for like 4-5 months; now, it's going to be maybe 4-5 weeks

however shitty the forecast is for the next few weeks, this represents an improvement imo and i am going to continue to rejoice and gather energy for the oncoming springtime bloom.

I'm going to lose my shit when it's actually spring. Run everywhere, drink beer in the streets, dive into the lake even though I can't swim.

f u all, ski heil!

Next weekend the local ice cream stand opens AND the time changes. Yesss.

I can't wait for the UPS drivers to break out the shorts. That's when I know winter has ended.

Today was pretty pleasant-- > 40, no precipitation, drove around with the window down singing at full window-up volume. Time changes this weekend. Could be (has been!) much worse.
As predicted, things are improving.

today i went with coat unzipped, and ate a peach (i did not actually eat a peach), it was 33

why would you say that you ate a peach if you didn't eat one?

snows amelting, the mood for modernist pastiche is abroad

When will the snow melt?

well, last year it snowed in may, so. blooming buzzing weather confusion anticipated.

all this week the weather was so much better. this weekend is my birthday. next week brings the first paycheck from my new job. i get paid on WEDNESDAYS. pretty into march right now, pretty into life. can not wait to drink beer outside and read on my porch.

why would you say that you ate a peach if you didn't eat one?

― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, March 7, 2014 7:29 PM (3 hours ago)

still wondering this.

I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.

first in with Michelangelo!

huh, i know the eliot poem but the reference escaped me.

Oh - it made me think of The Lake Isle of Innisfree. But Prufrock doesn't say anything about an unzipped coat. Googling those terms led to this http://eatapeachforlove.blogspot.com/ which is interesting.

I never get references because I'm an ignoramus, but I will always eat a peach (unless it's canned or in a gross individual plastic cup).

gawd you guyz are such marchkills, i'm just gonna stay inside and eat oatmeal now just like stupid old winter

It's your fault for being unintelligible with your poetry and peaches iirc. Anyway it's gonna be up and down for a while here regardless.

springtime whims are accountable to no man or woman

Love March and Spring but wish they'd hold off on the time change until late May or early June.

otm

Easy to say when you two don't live in desolate snow covered wastelands ;) we need that sun!

time should always go back, never forward

no way man! time has to keep moving forward or we will be stuck in this mess forever. ahead lies an abundance of earthly delights, which reminds me that this is almost xtc weather!

Love the time change. It's like a holiday for me.

True, living in Texas I have never understood the reason for DST. All it ever did was make bedtime difficult when I was a kid. Perhaps TX could opt out! Sum sets damn close to 9 pm in south Texas in the summer.

tbh i loved that shit as a kid. go outside and ball up until you were tired, go swimming late, just do late stuff all the time

daylight savings time deepens my resentment of the forces of social control

I was 8 or 9 and figured if the time could be changed and you lose or gain an hour then what was real?

Just seen a glorious sunset, it feels like the first in a long time. Saying that there been some wonderful winter sunrises during the shit weather. The first sight of spring gives me a jolt of optimism and gaiety, which has usually dissipated badly by the summer, but still it is nice while it lasts.

One of the women who work at my local deli says today should be considered a holiday.

when i first learned of daylight savings, i thought it meant i would lose an hour of sleep every night until the fall ;_;

i think it's a little too early now -- i remember when it was the last sunday in april. late march/early april would be better imo. also it kind of bothers me that 'standard' time is only in use 1/3 of the year

willing to bet this has been the hottest English day inside the first two weeks of March since records began. so many butterflies

the telegraph website says temps got to 19 c but if you look at the gravesend observations you can see that temperatures exceeded 20 c

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/gravesend_latest_weather.html

it's almost as if they don't want to acknowledge gravesend exists

not Gravesend, but I was in the countryside (near Northampton, in fact), teaching at an extracurricular residential school. it was, at one point, positively sweltering

here is the evidence of an absurdly early springtime - sunkissed imagos galore:

http://imgur.com/EIdofPm
http://imgur.com/01sOMtN

oh lol, used italic tag. am exhausted tbf

http://imgur.com/01sOMtN
http://imgur.com/EIdofPm

maybe i didn't. you don't want to see that shit anyway

plain links:

http://imgur.com/EIdofPm
http://imgur.com/01sOMtN

just hit 60 in nyc for the first time since december 23

Serious printemps action today.

and 17 F by Thurs night, at which point we set Mother Nature adrift on an ice floe.

sometimes you get the lion, sometimes you get the lamb

sweet ice storm coming tomorrow

High of 53 today. Low of 6 on Thursday.

awwwww yeah
that's my march

just enough time to wash my wool socks

Yes sir, yes sir three bags full

today is gorgeous in new england, i took a walk without a coat. was a little chilly but it felt great to not wear a jacket

these days aside, march is brutal. it's just a tease. real spring here doesn't come until late april

but having a 54 degree day in this winter feels like a miracle. in a winter as harsh, continuous, and cold as this one i seriously have trouble comprehending that it will get warm again someday. i forget what trees look like with leaves.

one week til the vernal equinox, amigos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nHr44vE9I

oops that is a link to can's vernal equinox live on the old grey whistle test

Bitter, whipping cold today, Vern.

xpost - as if that's a bad thing! ;)

Until now, March has been ridiculous here in the Netherlands. From Sunday to today, the sky's been clear and afternoon temperatures have been close to or at 20°C (between 60 and 70°F) - I've been doing my running excercises in shorts and shirts for the last two weeks!

this evening sunlight is bonkers

I've been listening obsessively to Stravinsky's 'Persephone' (the later, sly, easy-going cousin to the Rite Of Spring) the last couple of weeks, but only just realized how aptly hell yes it's march it is. Go Persephone! Prrrriiiinnnnntemmmmps!

i didn't get a chance to post at the end of march, but vaya con dios marzo!

April 1st - first time I wore sneakers this year. Renaissant!

central texas is wildflower central right now! last sunday was fuck off beautiful. now we need it to rain for three weeks straight.

the best thing about more light in the evening is that sometimes my cat waits in the window for me to come home, and now i can see him

tbh he's waiting for me to feed him, but i like to imagine that he wants to see me too

I didn't have to wear a coat today.

http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/2014/04/16/tims-weather-world-good-riddance-to-a-cold-march/

March in review

it snowed here last night

and in New York

AND IN HELL.

it'll go away
like in a couple days, not a number of weeks or months
just hang in there

winter is coming

yeah but it's so far away
can't be bothered atm

wot? only about 27 weeks til they put the Xmas shit on Radio City Music Hall.

it snowed here last night
― ciderpress

and in New York
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius)

that's because !!!!!hell yes it's march!!!! in mid-april

FU February -- it's March now

so much to look forward to in this month that i just want to slowly enjoy it since i have spent months looking forward to it quietly
still a frozen hellscape outside but anything over 30 is going to feel like the soft caress of summer so bring it pls

yes bring it bring it bring it

yay March!

I had on my todo list to revive this thread. LL beat me to it!

haHA
i woke up (against my wishes) at 5:30am and my first thought was hell yes it's march

It's snowing :(

But it will be in the 40s later this week.

The ice cream stands are starting to open again.

at least your ice cream won't melt

SUNNY
50-something
week 2 of march is starting with a warm nudge outdoors and the smell of slowly melting glaciers of dog urine

We had three (3) windows of the apt open all afternoon yesterday!!! It was a rustle of spring imo

Solid March so far.

the 10 day forecast is like a dream

"pleasant and delightful" sums up my feelings about tpday
and the larks, they sang melodious at the dawning of the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaJw-ryhBB0

oops today

Dawn is breaking just as I go back to bed from feeding the bebe. I need blackout curtains. and the ppl 2 doors down to not be building a while house in their garden :/

cycled to work omg beautiful fyi

crazy how 45 and sunny feels so warm right now. still though i cringe a little when i see how much snow is still on the ground in boston. plenty of snowbanks that are still 5 or 6 feet high.

i kind of hate march. i mean it is good that it is not february but march is such a long and brutal month, there are nice days here and there but it is still winter for sure. i will feel better when i can say "hell yes it's april" or "hell yes it's may"

grateful though that my SAD has been pretty mild this year

One thing is for sure -- those months are on the horizon. That's the joy of March. It's early daybreak, the first birds and mud and air.

yea i am yearning for the mud, the ground is still frozen solid, i read somewhere yesterday that the frost permeated like 6-12 inches of ground surface. the birds are definitely back and it's very nice

cycled home from work omg

Good bye March. It was a bumpy ride at times, but you're going out nicely.

Equinoctial blizzard was fun

snow in the NY sticks tonight

fuck March and the first half of April

it snowed all the way from chicago to tennessee a few days ago
tomorrow it's going to be 67
the next day, probably 32
whatever! that's the way it goes, up and down
the highs are higher and the lows less crushing

goodbye march, it was fun!

RIP March
It's sad, it was a month

decent march imo

It has been a short-feeling one at least. Having things to look forward to and plan for really helps to keep the howling blues at bay.

sooooooon

Almost there...

this winter has been really easy in the northeast

its been like one extended march, lots of days in the 40s & 50s

I've run in shorts more times than tights in February.

March

Daylight savings time in less than 2 weeks! Life will be worth living again.

Yes!!!!

Hey Lechera, what's that cool book with 26 languages you posted a pic from?

You caught me while I'm still at home! On Mar 1! It's called The Concise Dictionary of Twenty Six Languages in Simultaneous Translations, compiled by Peter Bergman

Thanks, looks awesome! :D

really feelin it today
it's like the wintery holiday sad curtain has lifted and i can see what's beyond it

70 degrees this week! I just bought new flower headbands, I am ready for spring.

Counting the days...

fucking FINALLY

mk2 got me with 'pinch punch, first of the month' this morning, but forgot 'no returns', so it had to be done.

happy days.

this has been one of the mildest winters i've ever experienced in the northern US, feels like it's been march for the past month

With occasional forays into May!

yup tho it is still mentally comforting to hit march 1 & be closer to more sunlight / life / greenness returning in earnest :-)

Woohoo! Yeah it has been very unseasonably mild here too -- I'm still glad it's March though!! That means we're a little closer to that fresh green feeling of spring :)

Yesterday, a singing blackbird woke me up before the alarm went off. Hello there, spring.

I have pet starling so that happens to me more than I would like

tbh I'll hate the bird come april ;)

All our bulbs and flowering shrubs are about three weeks ahead of last year's bloom times. I have an azalea out front that has no idea what month it is -- it's had blooms on it since December.

March came to Texas in January this year. Mountain Laurel has been blooming for weeks... my walks across campus are redolent of grape Kool-Aid

Ahhhhhh
All I can report is that it's no longer dark when I wake up at 6:30am

Texas wildflower forecast: optimistic, lush, vibrant

march is dece

kinda dig april vibes more

Living in Florida, I crave winter and hate summer.

The feels-like temperature where I'm at is 87 degrees right now.

It's a good month.

Low of 7 tomorrow, whyyyyyyy.

^_^

>:(

wuttttttttttuuuuuuuuuup
it's like 39F and raining

march is here!

Madness

Snowed here and the UK apparently. Shut everything down too. No buses running businesses closed etc etc.
Flurries of snow have settled but I bet it's light compared to places where it snows more frequently. I guess the ability to prepare for things like this comes with more frequent experience of it.
Didn't get into town so not sure tow hat extent it has affected things there but here supermarkets are closing at 3pm & npot due to open til 1pm tomorrow.

Love the conspiracy theorism of 'apparently'

Wind, rain, cold -- actually kinda nice here in SF!

Sunny and in the low 60s in Texas... hi March, I like you so far

2C & a bit wet after last night's snow but it'll be 10C over the weekend. but I'm going to the west coast of Japan where it will be 19C over the weekend!

I mysteriously lost an hour this morning getting ready for work

I SWEAR when i shut off my alarm it was 7. Did my usual approx one hour getting ready routine without further consulting clock. Looked at phone for first time and it was 9. Was supposed to be on a call with EU Supply Chain at 9.30

hell yes it's march

OH YEAH!!!

Time change and ice cream stand open weekend after next, can't wait.

march is almost over!! hell yes

I've been wearing shorts 3 days str8 hell yea

Flown by. Which is good because it has been mostly February weather here.

solid march tbh

More like frozen solid March

lousy smarch weather

^ redux

Dear FYQ3, let’s go

march is always so goddamn long but this one feels especially so, I hate this month so much

my mom's birthday is at the end of march -- this is historically the only thing i look forward to in the entire month
aside from it being over

it's almost time!!!!

march will get off to a booming start for me this year -- i'm going on a trip!! i think i am going to begin conceiving of Nov-Feb as a quarantined period of the year and the rest of the year will not suffer from its many assorted unpleasantries.

Have a good trip!

March is not my favorite, but it beats February.

My mom’s bday is also in late March.

I was just thinking it’s time for this thread again!

march is when the light comes back and the darkness starts to recede
it's not the best but it beats nov-feb

March !! Months of Mars!

Winter feels extra long this year.

i like it not being dark when i get home from work.

but the march weather in vancouver is usually bad. often doesn't really feel like spring, more like the end of winter. first time i was ever in vancouver - march 2012 - it snowed

it IS the end of winter but it is the END OF WINTER
that is why i celebrate march

it marks the beginning of the good times, which last 8 months to the bad times' 4

too soon

yeah we don't really have that kind of seasonality. starts raining in september, stops at the end of june. coldest december to february, can be sunny in april, may, june.

it's more than the weather for me -- the cold season (nov-feb) is accompanied by a slew of holidays that i don't care about/would prefer to ignore and a hibernation period i find stultifying. March-October brings increasing sun, warmth, AND people. that's important to me. i didn't realize how important it was for a long time but it is important to me!!

too soon

not soon enough!!!

where you traveling to?

Mexico City!! El D.F.!!

I feel it will get the worthwhile portion of the year off to a solid start. I'm really starting to divide my year differently so I can make the most of the good times and minimize the harm of the bad times. New plan.

start planning for spring and summer (and beyond) in jan/feb --> have a much better spring/summer and also something to look forward to in the future instead of endless dread

I'm from Wisconsin and last year we got pummeled with 2 feet of snow on April 15

but, looking at the forecast, it does appear next week is the last week below freezing

mookie otm

I like your new strategy a lot, LL! I will join with you on this!

welcome!! nov-feb is for planning the rest of the year, catching up on various boring shit, and minimizing harm (don't get injured on the ice, for example). two seasons: on and off!!

assume there's gonna be some lousy smarch weather ahead of us in nyc at least

will i ever be able to resist a lousy smarch weather joke even though the screencap from the simpsons is embedded upthread? no

i kinda like winter :/

THIS winter sucked total ass though

it's more than the weather for me -- the cold season (nov-feb) is accompanied by a slew of holidays that i don't care about/would prefer to ignore and a hibernation period i find stultifying. March-October brings increasing sun, warmth, AND people. that's important to me. i didn't realize how important it was for a long time but it is important to me!!

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:58 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ah, i don't do canadian thanksgiving and i like xmas so this isn't so bad for me. and I'm extremely weather-focused

two seasons: on and off!!

otm

I'm very excited for spring this year, because this past winter suuuuuuuucked

Heyyyyyyy

it's still a leap year day here

but looking forward to spring

march is okay, but

Thread makes no sense when viewed from Quebec.

In the UK, we've just had the wettest February on record; they don't keep wind records but I'd happily bet it's been the windiest, too. The woods are a carnage of fallen trees and the fields are shin-deep in water but the days are heavier with light and the birds are singing so I'll take it.

I was out yesterday evening walking through advanced quagmire in the rain, even grassy areas are so saturated you have to watch your footing on hills. The daffodils are coming up nicely though.

It’s here!! This winter was kind and merciful compared to last year. Not the weather so much (though that too) but circumstances. Proud I’m still in one piece and 100% ready for SPRING!!!

fuck february

this is the first year since 2016 that i've made it out of january and february without facing some sort of massive travesty so i'm feeling optimistic

It’s March!

I’ll take it

this is the first year since 2016 that i've made it out of january and february without facing some sort of massive travesty so i'm feeling optimistic

― honky wonk badonkadonk (crüt), Sunday, March 1, 2020 4:29 AM bookmarkflaglink

lol

Spanning time

not yet I still have some firewood left!

lousy smarch weather

very much November weather here this morning, dense fog and cold. Such low visibility that when I let my dog off the lead he was completely out of sight for five minutes.

This year I’m not as excited about March bc I’m unemployed and this is my deadline for beginning my job search in earnest. The weather is def getting better though.

It was 72 here yesterday, and the trees are budding. Birds everywhere, spring on the wing.

x-posting my blunder:

March is just a slightly less aggro February here. Having to wait until late April/early May to experience spring for a split second before summer sets in is one of the things I hate the most about living in Quebec.

We’ll also be going from 5 to -17°C within less than 24h. How exciting.

spring sucks but i’m glad february is over

people always hate on February but I was born in February so nyeah

february will not be a good month until rent ceases to exist

We should poll the cruelest month.

The cruelest month is December. Also spring is the least sucky of all seasons. .

Growing up in the Northeast, spring was my least favorite season. I remember it as a slurry of dirty snow, muddy boots, damp mittens and dead yellow grass poking through during thaws. I never understood the appeal of the season til I moved to East Tennessee, where it really does that Bambi thing where everything suddenly flowers in mid-to-late March, we get highs from 65 to 75, and it is just totally gorgeous (if hard on the sinuses).

take it to the Hell Yes It's September thread, Spring-haters

Spring is great, if you can get it.

it's the best weekend in Texas

best thing about Spring here: wildflowers, miles and miles of wildflowers

spring in new york is rainy horseshit ime

tipsy otm i think though i've never been to east tennessee in the spring

It’s fucking HEAVENLY in TN in the spring — dreamy even when it’s “cold”

I woke up, read all your posts about beautiful spring weather, and was consumed with envy because it's been cold and rainy and gray here and I didn't expect it to change for another few weeks. Went out to walk the dog, and it turns out to be the most beautiful sunny spring day, just perfect.

I don't have to work today except for class prep, so I'm going to go for a long walk in the sun and listen to a Springsteen concert from 1977.

spring in new york is rainy horseshit ime

Dogshit, surely. The melt revealing the hundreds and hundreds of shits people thought the snow excused them from picking up. Now all semi liquified.

It's still freezing here. Ugh.

Supposed to be 60 in a few days! Part of the thrill of March is the variation in temps bc it makes the good days feel extra extra extra good

It's true – the current forecast says we'll be hitting 7°C on Tuesday and 11°C on Wednesday, which feels like a small miracle right now. Too bad we'll still be stuck at sub zero temperatures this weekend, as I'm supposed to go for a physically distanced walk with some friends.

windows are open and i can hear the BQE in the distance

And just like that boom
It’s MARCH!!!

It’s like 45 degrees and I’m loving it

My first day back in the office! (RIP)

paused at the intersection of an east-west road and soaked up thirty seconds of sun in the brisk morning air before plunging into the valley of tall campus buildings on my way to work. hello march!

that sounds lovely! i took off my hat outside and only wore one pair of stretchy knit gloves. totally sublime to feel the air on my skin again. i actually felt the warmth of the sun yesterday and saw some lil crocuses peeking through the ground on campus today.

Lol I somehow misread that as lil cockroaches

March is not playing: high of 82 today

Supposed to hit the mid-60s on Saturday, then a inch or two of snow on Monday. Taking advantage of fake Spring in the meantime though.

It went back to the 30s here :-/
Classic March

high of 70 today o_0

Outside for the first grill of 2022 ✅

Upper eighties today.

felt great doing shirtless runs today and yesterday, sun on skin is such a wonderful feeling after winter

74°F today; snow likely on wednesday morning

march

literally below 40 the rest of this week now. first rollercoaster plunge of spring. i hope we have like 5 instead of 7 before the lilacs bloom, when spring is officially moving into summer afaic.

Yeah it snowed today. I don’t care though because the trajectory is POSITIVE and UPWARD compared to the fluctuations of, say, November when things go from bad to worst for the following 4 months.

here comes the front; gonna drop 25° in eight hours

cat is not amused

we made it! we fucking made it!!!

know what's a great dreary day in march record? thelonious monk's "straight, no chaser"

¡¡¡¡LFG IT IS MARCH!!!!!!!

just walked thru quite an angry little flurry of rain and didn't care because it's March

It may suck today or even tomorrow and the next day but overall it’s getting better. That’s inevitable and I’m here for it!!

The excitement of March is dampened a little by the prospects of a snowstorm getting prepared to dump up to a foot of snow on us tomorrow. :/

Also the part of the forecast that pointed out additional systems on the way that may likely mean March alone exceeds our snow totals for all of the rest of winter.

Fret if you must — I will deal with snow when it happens but the trajectory is inevitable. It will gradually get better and no snow dumps can stop it.

Not fretting, I'll believe it when I see (and shovel) it, just admitting that it dampened my excitement somewhat.

I’m in Washington where we have had two-tenths of an inch this winter, forward your snow to us!

Oh hi March!

March is a weird word for a month.

Only marginally less odd that it comes from the name of the Roman god of war! Winter's over lads, get back to it

It's not like many of them make much sense. February is just a weird word altogether, while September, October, November and December are based on the Latin for seven, eight, nine and ten, respectively. All very plainspoken and orderly you might think. But they're months 9 through 12.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBEesrdaRog

The numerical discrepancy is because the calendar ours is based on originally only had ten months in it so when they inserted two new ones it got all messed up. Why did they add them at beginning and mess up the count? They didn't! Originally New Year's Day was March 1st and January and February were at the end of the year.

xp - half a century old and as fresh as ever!

definitely getting the 'in like a lion' treatment here in northern california

SoCal, too!

calm down march jeez

Two weeks till my Montanaversary — on March 15, 2023, my wife and I got on a plane from Newark to Kalispell (via Salt Lake City). Can't believe it's been a whole year. We fucking love it so much here, too.

allllllmost theeeeeere

it's 40 degrees today and feels like summer
bring it on

Austin weather has been unspeakably delicious for the last couple of days, went to the dentist yesterday and just wandered around for a while instead of going back to the office

i sat in the sun outside a tacqueria in the utah desert yesterday afternoon. it certainly felt like the first day of spring to me. it's colder back home today but this week will warm up. the spring rollercoaster begins.

I've been off work the last couple of days and it's been warm enough to be in the garden. About 12 degrees (54 in $). I hacked down our passion flower today and it was *almost* t-shirt warm.

we're supposed to see 71*F here in Northern CA tomorrow

Definitely enjoying this, though mindful that this is only the first our false springs.

wore a light hoodie to work this morning after fuckin' dying in my winter coat yesterday. feels v good

Finally! What a rough couple of months. Prob not getting better but at least it won’t be Jan or Feb anymore

That much, at least, is certain

actual sunshine this weekend!
It makes SUCH a difference to life

Yes! Bring it on.

It's weird the spring doesn't officially start for another 2-3 weeks, and also weird that winter doesn't officially start until almost christmas, seems like somebody messed up somewhere

I don't know who introduced these official designations of the dates of the seasons but reckon they were overstepping their remit. We should just define them as

Winter: Dec-Feb
Spring: Mar-May
Summer: Jun-Aug
Autumn: Sept-Nov

there's just a difference b/w astronomical and meteorological seasons is all that is

I suppose the guilty party is whoever decided that these were worth being all "well, actually" about.

the 23 1/2 degree axial tilt of Earth is what designated the seasons

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJE1MCq/

Winter: Dec-Feb
Spring: Mar-May
Summer: Jun-Aug
Autumn: Sept-Nov

meteorologists agree with you 100%. they use those same months to designate the seasons. for them spring starts on March 1st, summer on June 1st, and so on .

In Central Texas Summer lasts until October now, and Fall is Nov-Dec

Looks like we're having a dry warm-up in the SF Bay Area in the next few days... looking forward to it