@Zevon No. I can't remember how last year started out, but it wasn't all that much along the Front Range. I think the year before it was quite wet with snow.
@apetrusk Yikes! We still have the last few flowers here! ( toronto, ontario)
@KarenSohne I used to live in London, Ontario, when I was little. Are flowers normal this time of year?
@apetrusk these are pretty much the last of the flowers in our yard. I've seen a few late roses in our neighbourhood, even a few new england asters, thistles, chickory, vetch. these in the photo are close to the house and fairly protected because of that. We've only had it dip below 0ยฐC once or twice
On Saturday l saw a pair of sulfur butterflies and at least one common blue butterfly. The weather here is usually milder than my sister has in western Mass. But flowers now aren't terribly unusual
@apetrusk is it still coming down? that's a lot to kick off the season :)