The cruelty of a January Thaw

Friday and Saturday was a balmy 50 degrees, and rainy. It felt like March. I saw grass and dirt for the first time since Christmas. I live in a valley and in the winter when a high pressure system sits on top of us we get really bad air, “they” call it inversion, I call it depressing. It was so thick that I couldn’t see down to the lake shore a half a mile away for days and days, and it was COLD! Then this wonderful warm air moves in with some rain and the air cleared out and the snow started to melt, it seriously felt like spring. Even though I knew it was just the annual January thaw I can’t help but hope that this was going to be the end to the cold and snow and inversion.

Here is my poor parsley, still green, even though it was under two feet of snow. The green color was a site for snow weary eyes!

(I know blurry picture)
This is my patch of Chamomile…still green….looks like springtime….sigh….

Some more plants and dirt…HA….muddy dirt!

Then Sunday rolled around.
And the cold air rolled in again, after all it is January in Utah, and the rain turned to snow. This is what we woke up to this morning.

That is my Chamomile patch.

That is where my parsley is sleeping

Icy streets.

Welcome back winter…..

6 thoughts on “The cruelty of a January Thaw”

I’ve always said that in my perfect world it would snow 2-3 feet on Christmas Eve and it all melts by Jan. 10th. Then I’d have a white Christmas and one really good sledding trip. THEN it would all go away. *sigh* I can dream right?
*hugs*

Well some green is better than no grew in Jan. Those were really pretty pictures the white of the snow and the green of your herbs.But spring will be here soon. Erika

WE got a foot and it’s still snowing. We had the teaser weather this weekend as well.

I have only seen snow a few times in my life. I can’t imagine having it for months.

What did you mean in your eralier post when you said you didn’t want the US to become like Australia? Life’s pretty good over here.

Kate

My car froze into a puddle… lol

The tires couldn’t even spin.

I still have snow from a week and a half ago. And some spots on my driveway are still icy. And it is supposed to snow and sleet again tomorrow. Out here that means another day home with all the kids. Of course, if it melted, there wouldn’t be any pretty green plants to look at, so maybe it is better to stay white/grey until spring.

Shimmy Mom on January 26, 2009 at 11:44 am said:

I’ve always said that in my perfect world it would snow 2-3 feet on Christmas Eve and it all melts by Jan. 10th. Then I’d have a white Christmas and one really good sledding trip. THEN it would all go away. *sigh* I can dream right?
*hugs*
Erika on January 26, 2009 at 12:34 pm said:

Well some green is better than no grew in Jan. Those were really pretty pictures the white of the snow and the green of your herbs.But spring will be here soon. Erika
Kate on January 26, 2009 at 2:56 pm said:

WE got a foot and it’s still snowing. We had the teaser weather this weekend as well.
Our Red House on January 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm said:

I have only seen snow a few times in my life. I can’t imagine having it for months.

What did you mean in your eralier post when you said you didn’t want the US to become like Australia? Life’s pretty good over here.

Kate
Angie on January 26, 2009 at 8:43 pm said:

My car froze into a puddle… lol

The tires couldn’t even spin.
Charlotte on January 27, 2009 at 5:11 am said:

I still have snow from a week and a half ago. And some spots on my driveway are still icy. And it is supposed to snow and sleet again tomorrow. Out here that means another day home with all the kids. Of course, if it melted, there wouldn’t be any pretty green plants to look at, so maybe it is better to stay white/grey until spring.