It’s April. It’s Easter. Spring should have begun 10 days ago.
But this morning, the view from my window looked like this:
Vilnius looked like this:
And because the Easter bunny had frozen to death, we had to make our own Easter eggs. Out of snow:
Considering that the year has 12 months and that there are 4 seasons, it would seem like an equitable and fair distribution if each season reigned for 3 months. But this bloody winter has been in power now for 6 months. And unlike the Pope, it is not giving any indication of wishing to resign. It’s time for a revolution against this icy tyrant!
You will understand my frustration even more if you consider that last year on exactly this day it looked like this and this and that I had taken these photos in the middle of February, a full 6 weeks earlier.
I haven’t decided yet where to move to next, but you can be sure that I will spend the next winter south of the 53rd Northern latitude.
haha! I did a post recently on how badly I have the Wintertime Blues. The groundhog lied! It is so disheartening that it appears to be winter still, no sign of Spring… :(
I just noticed that Vilnius is at the same latitude as Novosibirsk. That should have been a warning.
It ain’t just you, buddy. We here in Ohio were in the 80s (Fahrenheit) last year late March, and spent the same time this year in the 30s. Today’s been a warm day recently, but we’re still 10 degrees below average!
I blame it on the Euro crisis. Why? It’s convenient, and most Americans don’t have a clue about what the Euro crisis even is! :D
Coincidentally though, all the countries which actually have a financial crisis are in the south of Europe and have BETTER weather.
So, you’re saying you’d rather have Silvio Berlusconi than a few inches of snow?!? What HAVE you been smoking – and where can I get some? ;)
Well !there is allways a balance…..
Spring is in Mexico. You need to be here!
Same fristration but it started to melt in Kiev yesterday :) I hope no more snow! I still cannot use some of sidewalks.
One foreign football team that had misfortune to come to Kaunas to play in early March some years ago said that only penguins can live in this land.
Since you like Malta’s weather and sunsets, wanted to share with you a couple of photos from this weekend :) (except today there is rain and a gale force wind!!)
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Didn’t want to spam your blog with individidual photos, but here’s the sunset:
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Beautiful! I really miss Malta and Gozo.
you need to visit again then.
Btw, did you ever go to the Popeye Village? I never saw any pictures on your blog.
I’m going to Bratislava this weekend, so I’ll be facing the cold again!
I’m from a tropical country and for us winter is the greatest season we are waiting for.
Because your winter doesn’t mean 6-8 months of not being able to spend a whole day outside.
The only thing that matter for us is the cold feeling. Well we cannot go outside because of the intense heat and we cannot go outside also due to 18-20 typhoons we always have during the rainy seasons.
The snow has disappeared from my Swiss area now (foot of the Jura mountains) but it is still very cold. I saw my first daffodil yesterday in the garden, but I think the others are still waiting for warmer weather. Seems that everything is later this year. Loved your comment about the gefrorene Osterhase.
Down with the icy tyrant! There is no snow in Bonn, and the sun is trying to peek out of the greyness, but the cold dictator is fighting tooth and nail to stay in power.
It should be springtime in Norway too, but the snow is still on the ground. But we have had years that the snow is on the ground far out in may.