Tree in Winter
I titled this 'Tree in Winter' because I'm going to show you a picture I took yesterday. I live in a few hours east of Chicago. I wish I could tell you how beautiful it was here yesterday. There was just a little snow, but the temperature here was so, so cold -- about negative 14 degree Celcius. We use Fahrenheit here and it was 7 degrees Fahrenheit.
I love the crunching sound when I walk on the snow when the temperature is so cold. The very cold weather changes the snow a little where I live. The snow is better when it's this cold and not so slushy. The snow here normally is a little slushier than snow in Colorado, because it's more humid here. Colorado has a dryer climate. I like Colorado snow better than mid-west snow.
Anyway, here is the tree. I took the picture while looking up at the sky. It was such a clear, crispy day.
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Thanks for sharing your photo and story. It reminds me of home (Minnesota).
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Here are some other ways to say this: It seems that spring is approaching. It seems that spring is getting pretty near. It seems spring is coming up pretty soon. It seems like spring is just around the corner. It seems that spring is near. *** Also, if you need to adjust your clock because in spring you use day light saving time, then you say: Spring forward, fall (autumn) back. So you adjust your clock forward one hour in the spring (at least here in the US).
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Yes, Lynne, I want to mean that the spring is coming soon, really I was not sure, If I must use near, or close, thank you for your correction Lynne!!
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Carlos, I think you mean that spring seems close (near). For closing, think of the closing of a door. But, I realize you mean: spring is close and spring is near. It seems like spring is coming soon. Let me know if that's what you meant.
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Here in Madrid, the first days with sunlights, yesterday the maximum temperature was 16 degrees celsius, today a little bit colder, with 12 degree of maximum temperature in the day...however it seems the spring is closing!!!
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