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One of the few signs of spring this year.
I noticed one of the annual occurrences that happen around the beginning and ends of my bike commute season today - the return of the port-a-johns to the parks! The grass is still getting green here and it may have been below freezing this morning but it made me glad to see them out again. I'm sure others here look for similar things before the masses return with the warmer weather, what are yours?
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Spring has been here in NorCal for awhile now, sorry. The chorus of sneezing and sniffling shows the flowers are in bloom. Also, all the grass is getting lush and tall after a very wet winter, and the mosquitoes are out.
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It's been springing for 2-3 weeks now. In addition to the flowering trees, the non-flowering trees are cranking out the pollen. With a light shower last week, you could see everywhere the water puddled on the roads and shoulders: light yellow-green pollen scum. And like Korina says, the chorus of sniffling and sneezing (our Costco flier has three different antihistamines on sale through this weekend).
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I went by some roadwork signs too, we're switching from one season (winter) to the other (road construction) here.
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Originally Posted by Korina
(Post 20864569)
...and the mosquitoes are out.
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It's still cool, but there is so much more light now. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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The trail through a park that I used to use on my commute was impassable for a long time due to the amount of snow on the ground. I check at the beginning of last week and it still was not good. It's totally good this week. Love spring.
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This happens every spring. My favorite time of the year in DC. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b47365782.jpeg |
Originally Posted by no motor?
(Post 20864562)
I... the return of the port-a-johns to the parks!
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https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1f7ed0a7e.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0c3af583c.jpeg The cherry blossoms really exploded this year. From my commute home yesterday. |
Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 20869212)
The cherry blossoms really exploded this year. From my commute home yesterday. Whoa, what a sight! :eek: One sign of spring I noticed last Saturday (the first day over 10C this year) - the motorcycles are back on the streets. |
yeah, those things are handy!
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Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 20869212)
The cherry blossoms really exploded this year. From my commute home yesterday. |
I know"Lillys O' The Valley","Roses O' Sharon and "Stars O' Bethlehem", but I am not familiar with "Ports O' John". I will keep an eye out for them.
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Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 20869212)
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1f7ed0a7e.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0c3af583c.jpeg The cherry blossoms really exploded this year. From my commute home yesterday. |
One of the few signs of spring this year.
I have posted about my earliest herald of Spring:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20814792)
Spoken like a true Winter Velominatus, [MENTION=134410]rumrunn6[/MENTION], and it’s not been too cold either. and I can feel winter slipping away as we approach March.
In particular though, I rode about 4 miles this morning (2/27) at 13 ͦ F without discomfort. On my ride, I noted these two seemingly February-specific phenomena that I might consider harbingers of Spring:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 15468661)
…this morning [2/5/18, and 7:30 AM, 2/27/19] at about 7:30 to 7:45 AM on my southbound commute, the bright, low-lying Winter morning sun was directly at the level of my left hand rearview mirror, and the sun glare made it difficult to get a fix on that mirror.
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20789358)
+10 to overcast, especially in the AM, or PM around sunrise / sunset with the sun directly at about eye level. It seems that sometime in early February though, I start to notice some welcome radiant heat from the sun.
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20850410)
Last year I posted [to the Winter Cycling Forum]:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20366588)
Above reply posted 5/22/18, 3:46 PM; it is now 5/29/18, 5:42 PM. IMO, winter is over after a one week hiatus on the Winter Cycling Forum. Time to take off the studded tires. :D
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Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 20869212)
[Washington DC, 4/4/19] The cherry blossoms really exploded this year. From my commute home yesterday.
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 19503088)
Saw first cherry blossom last night.
Here in Boston, definitive spring is announced by the blossoming magnolia trees along Commonwealth Ave (“Comm Ave”). Two days ago I took a picture of their current status as fuzzy buds…maybe in about two weeks This weekend is another early spring event, the Boston Marathon. I think it always precedes the peak of the magnolias. In any event, after a week of rain, the winter salt is gone, and I rode the pristine S-works yesterday. I rode it once in February since being in storage since December, but now it’s out for good. :thumb: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3364c68cf2.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ecb269c6b6.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...94b359a8cf.jpg |
Signs of spring...ah, yes, the annual flooding of the Mississippi River. The walkway next to the river is under water, as are all the bike paths that cut through the marsh.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...865e6000a7.jpg |
Originally Posted by no motor?
(Post 20864562)
I noticed one of the annual occurrences that happen around the beginning and ends of my bike commute season today - the return of the port-a-johns to the parks! The grass is still getting green here and it may have been below freezing this morning but it made me glad to see them out again. I'm sure others here look for similar things before the masses return with the warmer weather, what are yours?
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And the spring winds have begun! 20-30 mph north/west winds, probably through May. ::headdesk::
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