Daily Archives: March 16, 2025

We have had an absolutely gorgeous sneak peek of spring out here on the farm.  I can’t express how welcome this has been after a very harsh winter.  Dozens (hundreds) of robins have appeared in the yard and fields already.  Some have already begun to check out nesting spots.

What has really been fun this week has been the early spring preview.  With sunshine and warm temps, Spring has been bulldozing through the countryside.  The trees are budding out and the beautiful spring greens are abundant.  I really love the surprise of the bulbs that I let the grandchildren plant. Here’s a bag of crocus bulbs.  Go plant them!  They come up in the most unusual places.  And, of course, the naturalized daffodils are nodding their golden heads everywhere.

Unfortunately, with the extreme warm temperatures, up to 80 this week!, the weather has become very unstable.  A big front blew in late Friday and into the night.  This often leads to storms and other disturbances, including straight line winds and tornados.

My Saturday began at 4:15 a.m. when my son called me to let me know that there was a tornado warning in the area.  (I can’t hear the sirens from my house and didn’t have the weather radio turned on.)  I stumbled downstairs, threw on some clothes, and sorted some things for a dash to the cellar, if needed.  As I began to wake up, I turned on a regional TV station which has great weather coverage.  And then thought of more things that I ought to drag downstairs with me, just in case.  Then I chastised myself for not having my go-bag ready.  It will definitely be updated this week.  I have even posted about this before. 

So wherever you are, I hope you are staying safe and taking positive steps to be safe in the disturbed spring weather. 

Here are a couple of links to previous blog posts about being prepared in an emergency.

Getting by in an emergency

Preparing for an emergency