It seems so during the day but nighttime is a different matter. The deep freeze that held our Northern Shenandoah Valley in its icy grip seems to be gone except at night.

Daytime temperatures have been rising steadily above freezing pushing onto two weeks now. Today is to be in the 50^’s. Night times drop into freezing.

Still, there are piles of snow in parking lots, around houses and the most interesting part to me, the ponds are still covered in ice!

Wednesday’s rain turned into Thursday morning ice sheet, while back in the mid 50’s and 60’s today.

The deep freeze hit us the last week of January. Our pond has had ice on it from then up to today. It has looked like one giant white ice cube for a month. And the astonishing part is the past two weeks have been above freezing during the day.

I cannot recall the last time we had such extended cold weather. Usually it lasts only several days, surely not weeks.

It appears all over with now. Daffodils are making their appearance, our Red-Winged Blackbird is home singing his happy song, and the horses are shedding some of their full winter coats.

Hurray for Spring!

These last two photos are from today which reached into the 60’s, and still ice! Cannot recall last time I saw this ice for so long.

Yesterday found our pond free of ice, not so with our neighbors.

BTW, snow flurries are blowing all around right now.