Photo Friday - What a Difference a Year Makes

I find weather patterns interesting.  Maybe it's because my husband is a farmer and the weather patterns can literally make or break us.  We need to pay attention to what is going on more then most others do so we can make the right decisions for our crops.  As a nature photographer I seem to pay attention to it more too, just in what seasonal pictures I end up taking.  The difference between last year and this year is VERY striking.  Take a look....

Both of these pictures were taken within a couple of days of each other, a year apart.  Flowers blooming like crazy last year.  I remember walking around in a short sleeve shirt.  This year, we had snow the first day of Spring AND we are looking to get more snow tomorrow and Sunday.  Crazy!  We also had one of the warmest, if not the warmest summer on record last year as well as a drought.  Our crops were the worst my husband had ever seen since he's been farming.  This year who knows what will happen.  I believe we are having a more "normal" March if you can call it that.  Anybody else have to pay attention to the weather patterns of where they live for one reason or another??

I find weather patterns interesting.  Maybe it's because my husband is a farmer and the weather patterns can literally make or break us.  We need to pay attention to what is going on more then most others do so we can make the right decisions for our crops.  As a nature photographer I seem to pay attention to it more too, just in what seasonal pictures I end up taking.  The difference between last year and this year is VERY striking.  Take a look....

Both of these pictures were taken within a couple of days of each other, a year apart.  Flowers blooming like crazy last year.  I remember walking around in a short sleeve shirt.  This year, we had snow the first day of Spring AND we are looking to get more snow tomorrow and Sunday.  Crazy!  We also had one of the warmest, if not the warmest summer on record last year as well as a drought.  Our crops were the worst my husband had ever seen since he's been farming.  This year who knows what will happen.  I believe we are having a more "normal" March if you can call it that.  Anybody else have to pay attention to the weather patterns of where they live for one reason or another??

I find weather patterns interesting.  Maybe it's because my husband is a farmer and the weather patterns can literally make or break us.  We need to pay attention to what is going on more then most others do so we can make the right decisions for our crops.  As a nature photographer I seem to pay attention to it more too, just in what seasonal pictures I end up taking.  The difference between last year and this year is VERY striking.  Take a look....

Both of these pictures were taken within a couple of days of each other, a year apart.  Flowers blooming like crazy last year.  I remember walking around in a short sleeve shirt.  This year, we had snow the first day of Spring AND we are looking to get more snow tomorrow and Sunday.  Crazy!  We also had one of the warmest, if not the warmest summer on record last year as well as a drought.  Our crops were the worst my husband had ever seen since he's been farming.  This year who knows what will happen.  I believe we are having a more "normal" March if you can call it that.  Anybody else have to pay attention to the weather patterns of where they live for one reason or another??