McHenry County Blog

If you ever wondered how ridiculous some newspaper stories are, please take a look at the headline of this Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein. It ran on page two of Elgin's Courier News on Thursday.

If you ever wondered how ridiculous some newspaper stories are, please take a look at the headline of this Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein. It ran on page two of Elgin's Courier News on Thursday.

"Blame global warming," the story says.

I wonder what we blame for today's snow.

You've heard of the folks who live inside Washington's Beltway, of course.

There are apparently reporters who can't read weather forecasts.

Ours for Good Friday was S-N-O-W.

There are no flowers, except for artificial ones and the ones for sale at exorbitant prices grown in other climes, and the one in today's "Message of the Day."

The cherry trees are blooming in Washington earlier than usual.

Where's the “rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey would put it?

As I write this on Thursday, the forecast for McHenry County says, “Total snowfall accumulation of up to 8 inches is expected...”

I heard that forecast yesterday before this D.C. story was sent out.

I have added the pictures from our dining room at noon Friday. The letters have been there since we began hoping spring might arrive.

The dark mark in the upper right hand corner of the top image, by the way, is Keely Cat's tail. He's a curious cat.

And, yes, those are snowflakes in the next picture. They showed up when I used the flash.

Labels: Global Warming, Snow, Spring

On Saturday the bicyclists were out in droves in Lakewood.

They were all on or heading toward the beautiful South Shore Drive, which goes past all four of Country Club Additions subdivision beaches.

This street is equally worth walking or running, if you don’t care to ride a bike.

Yes, spring is here.

Or, maybe it’s sprummer.

You know, a combination of spring and summer.

It was in the 80’s both Saturday and Sunday.

Labels: Bicycle, Bicyclist, Bike, Spring, Sprummer

You know it’s spring when you start seeing people enjoying the pleasure of driving with their convertible tops down.

I barely caught the first car driving past our Lakewood home on Lake Avenue this weekend.

And, then, I saw a Mustang, driven by a woman with her child in the front seat, turning east from Dole Avenue onto Route 14 past Andy's Family Restaurant.

It was driven by a man and, catch the license plate:

PLACEBO

So, what make and year is the first convertible?

What year is the Mustang?

You can enlarge both photographs by clicking on them.

Labels: Convertible, Mustang, Spring