This is the first of April. I won't even go into what April Fool's Day is, but then this weekend we had a little "April Fool's" from Mother Nature. I took this picture Sunday morning. We got over six inches of snow here in Oklahoma and set a record for the most snow after March 21st. The road crew wasn't really prepared for the snow, and there were a lot of wrecks. Saturday we had snow showers with thunder and lightning. Actually it was beautiful. The weather people told us it was coming, but our weather has been in the 80s and 70s so how in the world could it really snow and stick? I'm not sure the temperature got below 32 degrees, but boy, the snow come down and stuck. Nature's last hurrah before spring really set in.
I was worried all the flowers and trees blooming would be damaged, but because the temperature didn't get down too much, I think they will be all right. I did lose a limb off my Red Bud tree because the snow was so wet and heavy on the branches that they were weighed down (some hanging to the ground).
It's all melted now. The sun is shining, and I really think spring is finally here. Spring is my favorite time of year. A time of renewing after a long cold winter.
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We would love for spring to be here. We have hints of it every now and again.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. We get teased for a while and then bang it is here.
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We are getting much needed spring showers here in north Florida. We lost power last night for a couple of hours between 11PM and 1AM. We were getting so much rain that I was a little concerned that our pool would overflow and without electricity, there is no way to drain the water out because the pump wouldn't work. Thankfully, the water only came up to the lip, and I was able to drain some off today.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think we ever had winter. But everything is now blooming so it must be spring here.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, thunder and lighning and snow??!! How strange. Not something I would ever imagine!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers thank God for all things.
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