Mother Nature Plays April Fools Too
After one of the worst Winters in the Pacific Northwest since the 1860s, I’ve really been looking forward to Spring.
You know I was just beginning to think that Spring was really here. Near my house there is a wetland area and every year I wait to hear the chorus of tree frogs start up. That’s a sure sign Spring is just around the corner. Well the frogs have been singing. Loudly.
Then I saw the crocus coming up and even had a few early daffodils bloom. That’s a irrefutable sign Spring is here.
And we even had the Spring Equinox so it isn’t getting dark before 5 p.m. anymore.
But then it happened. Today, April 1, April Fool’s Day. Apparently Mother Nature is in on gags today too, because it’s snowing! I can’t even begin to tell you how wrong that is. We live in an area that gets decorative snow maybe once a year. You know the kind that falls, is there for a day to make snowmen, then melts away?
Sigh. Just when I thought it was Spring…
I guess it’s Mother Nature’s way of saying Spring Break is for writing, go back to your keyboard!
