The dramatic mischief of the lion and lamb March weather in Cascadia.
Typist: Bethany
When I was a child, I used to draw on my March calendar. I doodled a lion for stormy days and a lamb for mild days. Since March has an uneven number of days, there was always one more lion or lamb. But consistently only one! So I became a firm believer in the "in like a lion, out like a lamb" (or vice versa) saying. I no longer scribble lions or lambs on my calendars (though as I type this, I am thinking that I should) but I do revel in the unrestrained and wonderful weather March can bring. This months wildly oscillating weather here in Cascadia is a perfect example of the crazy fun (and sometimes not so amusing) weather that the end of winter and start of spring can bring.
When I was a child, I used to draw on my March calendar. I doodled a lion for stormy days and a lamb for mild days. Since March has an uneven number of days, there was always one more lion or lamb. But consistently only one! So I became a firm believer in the "in like a lion, out like a lamb" (or vice versa) saying. I no longer scribble lions or lambs on my calendars (though as I type this, I am thinking that I should) but I do revel in the unrestrained and wonderful weather March can bring. This months wildly oscillating weather here in Cascadia is a perfect example of the crazy fun (and sometimes not so amusing) weather that the end of winter and start of spring can bring.
 Huxley doesn't understand why everyone says lions are big and scary. | This March, on days like a lamb, Wilhelm, Huxley, Brychwyn, Amelia, Leo and I have all gotten out for walks. Some days I had no need for a coat and one day I got to wear only a t-shirt. Woo-hoo! On days like a lion, the dogs and I got caught in a hail storm as well as so much rain that we were all wet for hours after returning home. The March wind was wild and Leo wasn't sure about it blowing his feathers when we went out to enjoy an early spring sunset. But the dramatic skies that the wind brought were spectacular. It has been an entertaining and also beautiful month of lambs and lions. And I wouldn't trade a second of it!  Lamb blue skies don't always last. |
 Lion: Brychwyn wonders if we'd be safer in a boat. |  Lamb: Our first sunny hike of 2014 in early March. |
Lion: Wilhelm walking in a March hail storm.
 Lamb: Enjoying the green March grass. |  Lamb: Leo and Amelia share the stroller. |
Lion: Leo's feathers ruffled by a March wind.
| Tomorrow we celebrate April Fool's Day with our one year anniversary on this blog and the beginning of The Blogging From A to Z April Challenge (no fooling!) We hope you'll join us. Did March come in like a lion and out like a lamb in your area? Or the other way around? What kind of mischief did the lion and lamb days of March cause for you? |  |
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