March so far has been quiet…and mild.
High temperature here on Monday was 72!
I don’t know if that qualifies as “in like a lamb” or not, but it certainly has been warm enough for signs of spring this week, and the sun has been shining quite a bit. In fact, daughter Lisa posted that she has two flowers blooming already…
This mild week followed some not-so-great freezing fog at night that made for some icy roads until the sunshine melted it off. In fact, it has been such weird weather this spring, that I am tempted to dub this March as the Month of occasional icy roads and growing grass.
Our steps were pretty slippery a couple of times from the melting snow on the roof settling on our little porch. Note to self: Hang onto the rail when you go out, especially after a chilly night below the freezing mark.
That hasn’t happened in the last few days although the temps have been up and down. Jack calls it a Yo-yo spring so far.
I keep hoping the weather stays fairly nice for the Irish Festival next week. I will have to check with my resident weather man who will look it up for me on AccuWeather I’m sure and find out if Mother Nature is going to be nice to us this year.
You know Clare’s Irish Festival is that time of year when everyone discovers that they are a “a wee bit Irish,” and of course they set out to celebrate the fact. Nice weather for the weekend would be good!
So, Jack told me to check on AccuWeather, (which he says is right about 50 percent of the time) and here’s what I found.
AccuWeather says we’re in for some very chilly nights, in the low 30s all the way through the week , but the highs next week should be up in the low 40s (Monday), 50s (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) and even one 60-degree day (Thursday) with the coolest weather on Friday (41 degrees) and Saturday (38 degrees) with partly cloudy Thursday through the weekend, sunny on Monday and Tuesday and rain predicted on Wednesday.
Weather25.com just takes me back to AccuWeather, so guess we will go with that and hope it warms up a bit for Saturday’s parade!!
Note to self and everyone else: Don’t forget to “Spring forward” Saturday night!
Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday the 10th this year and Spring arrives on March 19. I sure hope it really does arrive, guess we will have to wait and see. The computer says the vernal equinox happens on March 19, 20, or 21 every year in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, this same event marks the beginning of fall. Meteorologists mark the spring from March 1 through May 31st.
Whatever the weatherman, or the calendar says, it always seems like a long time to wait this time of year when everyone is desperate for spring. I keep hoping the warmer temperatures, sunny or rainy, continue into spring this year. Maybe if we all wish hard enough…
March also means that the annual Business and Visitor’s Guide will be published, hopefully in a few more weeks. I have been working on articles for that magazine for the last three weeks or more and will be finishing up and turning it all in on the 22nd, so if you know of a coming event that should be included, send it to me ASAP at pmaurerccr@gmail.com!
Then the office staff will have to put it all together.
It sure has been a busy time of the year. I always plan to start calling for Visitor’s Guild information earlier, but I always seem to end up working three or four weekends anyway. It has been a busy time (and weekend) but the Visitor’s Guide will be coming out soon, so watch for it.
That one article, the “Community Events” and one called “Four Seasons of Festivals” just about wore my phone out with all of the calls to find out events, locations, dates and times. Took me a trio of 8-hour days and I’m still not finished with that article, and of course there is a lot more to do between now and the deadline!
I’m hoping to get a little break before the 49th Irish Festival events begin next week. I don’t want to miss all the Irish Festival fun.