February 1 2016

Today is the first day of  February and it feels more like spring than Winter. We are actually half way through our traditional winter and we have spring conditions. My garlic is growing, some trees are showing their blossoms and our creek is flowing like it would in May.Our temperature yesterday hit 15 degrees and today it is almost that warm. The only signs of snow is one small bank where the snow removers store the snow from the roads and sidewalks.

Last year we had the coldest February for many a year but this year the forecast is not really so dismal and we can look forward to a milder winter and spring. Of course the weather can change and quickly so I do not want to put a jinx on the long range outlook.

Our golf courses have already put out a warning of their winter use of some of the local courses and we observed some hearty folk playing on one of our nearby courses. On Christmas some of the players used the course next door and never saw a flake of snow. Temporary greens are used and everyone seems happy to play a round or two in January and February. Global warming, climate change or just an anomaly

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