Yesterday and Today are miserable days to be outside
Although, Terry and I had some work that HAD to be done…wind, rain, sleet or snow, no matter
The bitter wind blew off all the Apricot blossoms
Making the ground white
Even landing on a very disgruntled cat
Today is pretty much the same
I went out to look for rainbows, but the clouds were not the right kind.
Photo copied from Face Book
Still, we had nothing compared to the eastern slope!
Nothing.
They are calling it a Bomb Cyclone
So in loving memory of the Apricot blooms,
I will close for now,
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I’m glad the bomb cyclone missed you, although it sounds as if things were bad enough.
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I hope you folks don’t have terrible weather next.
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I won’t complain about our slightly overcast skies. Stay dry.
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I am ready for settled weather!
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Aww, I was afraid you’d get the wind – your apricot tree was just gorgeous!!! The sun is out, barely, but still really windy. Spring in Colorado ~ ya just never know.
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You just never know.
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It was highly over rated here. Only 3 inches and its already melted
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Good! Now on to settled weather!
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Bummer. RIP, apricot blooms….
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Yep. Again this year. 😦
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We get fruit one year out of seven (if we’re lucky). Your apricot tree was glorious…so glad you took that picture. You got the storm we had last weekend. Lots of wind this year and more rain than I have ever seen. Your flower garden is looking really nice…we have absolutely nothing coming up yet.
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Another storm is do in here on Tuesday. I’m ready for settled weather! As I’m sure you are!
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Ah, no! Poor apricot tree. Watching your extreme weather link made me think of us on cyclone watch… we’re almost at the end of it, another couple of weeks and we’ll be outside the historic weather window. Now for calmer, cooler, moderate weather. Thank the Lord.
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YES! Come on better weather!!!
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So sad about the apricots. The snow and wind is here now. It is what it is…such weird weather:(
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Sure makes one T.I.R.E.D of winter.
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You dodged a snow bullet. Gorgeous blooms.
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Yes we did! YAY
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When I was a kid, the apricot blossoms from the vast orchards blew everywhere! There was not much traffic at the time, so the blossom parts stayed light and loose on the roadways. When a car went by, the petals swirled in the turbulence behind it, forming two tornado shaped swirls of petals right behind the left and right corners of the tailgate. It is impossible to believe that the region is within the urban sprawl of San Jose now, and that all those vast orchards are gone.
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Those orchards were not damaged by the weather. They just dropped their petals when the flowers were done.
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Right
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I grew up on orchards…my dad had 160 acres of a variety of trees and my grand father had 80. I love orchards.
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The only orchard I work with now are the remnants of an abandoned apple orchard that used to be where we grow rhododendrons and other horticultural commodities now. It is only a few miles away, but is in a completely different situation. I do not remember apple trees within the Santa Clara Valley, and I certainly do not remember orchards in the mountains. The apple trees are sort of tucked into the narrow flat spaces along the creeks. The hillsides above are too steep. There are a few remnants of a walnut orchard on the ridge, but even there, the trees are tucked into the narrow flat spaces.
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Your wold sounds beautiful
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It is, but beauty can be found anywhere. My colleagues here can not understand why The Santa Clara Valley is still so important to me. As ugly as it now is, there is still so much beauty there, including some that was not there before. I learned that from my great grandmother who lived through a century of change there.
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I so agree with you!
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That is cool!
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I’m glad that cyclone missed you too! Your weather doesn’t sound good. Sorry about the apricots .. and poor disgruntled kitty
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I checked the second bloom and it looks like we just might have APRICOTS!!!
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Excellent!
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