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Winter Gets Weaker

Ilona Erwin

Winter can’t possibly hang on, it knows that… and each passing week it gets weaker ( teeny tiny pun there). Yet, until sometime in May we can get frosts. Recently we got walloped with a snowstorm here in Ohio and some of it is still on the ground today. I have taken lots of photos […]

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snow day in georgia

Joanne Dibble

we got snow here in the middle south, from noon til just after dark.small flakes fell hard and fast all day, so similar to the hard rains wehave been getting regularly this fall and winter. this winter storm dippedway down south to savannah; i also heard there were brief snow showersin tallahassee, on down to […]

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updates for February 8

Ilona Erwin

I received a note from Jessica working for the Dispatch events, and she advised me about Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s appearance times:Tracy will be appearing at 1 and 3 p.m. at the garden show coming up at the end of the month.Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 Glad that is cleared up! We awoke this morning to the world […]

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Winter Landscape

Ilona Erwin

After Christmas day rains, we again had snowfall and the ground and trees were trimmed with a confectioners icing of powdered snow. It sifted down and clung to all the branches with little puffs in the crooks and crannies of the shrubs. Since most of that took place in the night hours I took no […]

2009+ snow+ winter Ilona Erwin

Winter’s Day, Snow Pictures

Ilona Erwin

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Just A Note

Ilona Erwin

It snowed over night, and I woke up to the beauty of a world draped and trimmed in fluffy white. My son remarked how much warmer it felt with the snowfall, but we didn’t know why. Turns out Susan Reimer has done some homework on it: Snow actually protects the garden from the cold, and […]

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