Weather Nasty and Nice

Since my last Acreage Update posted January 10^th we here in Iowa have experienced light snow, a “snow squall”, blizzards, frigid cold, heavy snow, wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph, whiteouts, drifting snow, road and school closures and an Arctic air mass. When it finally began to warm up we had a dense fog advisory every day until the end of January. Now we are experiencing some record high temperatures, with highs from the 40s into the low 60s. So far it looks like it really is a leap year, skipping over February into March. In some places it has been reported flowers are blooming! Some are predicting we will get “payback” for our current nice weather. That could be, but I am thinking we have prepaid for it with that horrible January. And we have Phil on our side, having predicted an early spring this year.

I saw a cat prowling around the acreage recently but I think it has moved on as I see no scat or tracks. However, we still have no mice in the garage or house. And I filled up all the bird feeders before the crazy winter weather hit, and they are still full. Strange…something different is going on this season.