Saturday, April 14, 2007

The groundhog lied...

Well, looks like the groundhog lied, since winter has revisited us here. We had snow the night before Easter, and may have somemore in a couple of days. Windows have been closed, and the heat turned back on. Off go the sandals and on go the socks and clogs. Pooh. And all this while Mike, Peggy, Jen and Austin are having fun cruising.

The one thing I am very glad about, is that we DID NOT get our garden planted. Good thing, as we would have worked for naught. After several nights in the low 20's, all the beautiful flowers on the trees are gone, and the sweet, green leaves have withered. I look around my yard, and pray that the willows and other trees and shrubs will regrow their leaves. The apple farmers in Hendersonville have lost most of their crops. Such a shame.

So, about that global warming.......

It could be true, although my thoughts are that it may just be cyclical weather. With all the technology that we now have, it's easy for us to see the polar ice caps melting, and a lot of other things that could not be seen 100 years ago. Who knows if what we are going through now, is just a repeat of something that happened several hundred years ago. We've had weird weather. Look back in history and you will find many strange things caused by or due to "un" natural weather patterns. Even this year is not unique..it snowed on a camping trip we took on April 22, 2005. The only thing different this year, is that we had unseasonably warm weather BEFORE the late freeze. So we have super warm weather and super cold weather. Is is really so strange?

Well, I don't worry about it too much. Someday we will have a new earth, and until then, I'll just stand amazed at what happens in nature and weather. All the earth will sing His praises.

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