Spring Arrives With a Vengeance in My City

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Last Sunday it snowed 

ALL

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Up here on the frozen tundra.
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But this week warmer temperatures rolled in.  We broke 60 and then 70 for the first time since way, way, way back last fall.

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The snow which blanketed our ground since late December has been slowly melting away. All that's left to remind us of it are the snow mountains on the edges of parking lots.

The largest of these may linger on into early June - - - but they are shrinking fast now.
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The ice is gone from the lakes.  

The fishing shanties were brought onto solid ground back in March.

Fisherhubby and his ilk have been forced to fish from the shore from whence FH has been catching walleye like crazy.  Next weekend lake fishing season begins and they will return to the water in their boats. 
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Suddenly tree branches are swelling with buds of new life - - -
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Some more than others.
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Children are playing in their yards like bear cubs emerging from hibernation.  I've seen t-shirts, shorts, flip flops and even bare feet.

(This child, our grandson Mackinley, is actually in Indiana - thus the advanced signs of spring behind him.)
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Fisherhubby pulled his boat off of a formerly snow covered lot, and began readying it to set sail.
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And I ventured forth to church this morning for the FIRST time this spring in my flip flops.

Yep - - - Spring has arrived with a vengeance on the Frozen Tundra and in my city.
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I'm joining Unknown Mami

For Sundays in My City.
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My city is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Please hurry over to Unknown Mami's to see

What's happening in other cities around blogland.
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