Springtime at the Normal School

All the countries that border the Arctic are betting on the Earth warming enough to melt the ice cap so that they can drill for oil, so drastic changes are likely. Already the permafrost is melting, releasing methane into the atmosphere.

Usually spring takes about a week here. The leaves burst out of thw trees and the flowers out of the ground. Then summer arrives and the grass turns brown.

Thanks, Keith. I sat on that bench myself on the way back. Luckily the British have far more botanical understanding than we do (you may remember Bill Bryson writing about how he was astounded by the gardening shows on British radio, where everyone calling in seemed to have a Ph. D. in botany) so I am confident you will weather the storm.

Actually, I was in England once when there'd been so much rain after planting that the seed were washed away and had to be re-planted. But they got a good harvest in the end.

It's well known that we English are obsessed by the weather John :-))

I expect BB was referring to the BBC Radio 4 show Gardener's Question Time which has been airing since 1940. I often listen to it in the car when driving long distances.

The new Normal.