S.O.S Rob Love: Shilo Manitoba

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by rob love

I fully expected to see the crocuses pop out of the ground any day now, but I guess they will wait another week or two.

Mother Nature can really throw a curve. My tulips are already beginning to fade.

[rob love]

Well we not only have those flowers in full bloom, but also watermelon trees, potato bushes, and peanut shrubs. If you squint real hard in the attached (and most recent photo in the same spot as the previous two) you can just make them out.

[Jordan Baker]

And to think I almost fired up the lawnmower today to mow the lawn. It was about 20 Celsius out but then it rained. Maybe tomorrow.

[rob love]

Thanks for that tidbit of info Jordan. Makes me feel so much better that others also have weather problems.

The Robins came back to our area today. We had about 30 of them in our trees. They picked the wrong day to come back. A bunch hid out on our deck, including one who sat on one of the deckchair arms for hours. We put out a box of seeds, but it was the sparrows and chickadees that came for those. I think robins eat grubs and worms.....we are fresh out, and they will be waiting a few days for the ground to show up again.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

Thanks for that tidbit of info Jordan. Makes me feel so much better that others also have weather problems.

The Robins came back to our area today. We had about 30 of them in our trees. They picked the wrong day to come back. A bunch hid out on our deck, including one who sat on one of the deckchair arms for hours. We put out a box of seeds, but it was the sparrows and chickadees that came for those. I think robins eat grubs and worms.....we are fresh out, and they will be waiting a few days for the ground to show up again.

Robins are ruthless carnivores. Give them your last supply of meat. You and the misses can live on seeds. 'Til the storm passes....

[rob love]

Today has moved from blizzard warnings to storm warning. We have snow forecast for most of the days between now and a week from now.

As blizzards go, this one was pretty tame overall. I still see cars heading down the highway. While it is not over yet, I think I can say this blizzard/storm doesn't even rate in the top 20 for Manitoba blizzards.

Attached is a photo from the same corner shown in previous posts. Also a screenshot of the weather for the week. Normals for this time of the year should be around +9°C.

[Jordan Baker]

Glad to help and also to report that the rain held off today, sun came out and so did the lawn mower for the first cut of the year. I even took the blade off and sharpened it up for the season. I will say it was slightly cooler today due to the wind.