The skies cleared and sunshine sparkled off the fresh coating of snow. Tracks criss-crossed the nature center grounds. As the day wore on, you could listen to clumps of snow falling to the ground leaving tracks of their own on the landscape.
So, does this describe December? February? No - it was this morning. I think I have a much better understanding of how Phil Connors of Groundhog Day felt. For Minnesotans, winter has never gone. We wake up each day to temperatures in the 20s or 30s that almost never go above 50F. And if we do have a warm day, within 48 hours we get snow. Last Thursday we got around 5". And then again yesterday it snowed another 5". Things are so weird we're having tornado drills while it's blizzarding outside. How's that for how odd this winter has been?
There is a theory that all the systems of Earth (e.g. hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, etc.) need to stay in balance. So, if one area gets overly hot, it will be especially cooler in another area. If there is excessive rain in one part of the world, it will be balanced by drought somewhere else. I'm thinking Mother Nature is just balancing things out from last spring. We had a fabulous warm early spring last year, so...yes, she's holding back spring this year to balance things out.
So, maybe next year will be back to normal. It can't be any worse than this one. (I mean really - we're supposed to have snow again tomorrow and highs of 70F on Sunday.)
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