Spring colors

We all know about fall colors: the reds, yellows, oranges and so forth which come with the autumn of the year. But I never really experienced spring colors until yesterday. 

To be sure, spring has its colors. The various green shades as plants come back to life after winter. There's also the colors of the flowers and flowering trees, which are many and pleasant. But yesterday's late snowfall in southern Michigan and northern Ohio brought in a beauty I never before imagined.

Driving along during the mid-morning, after the sun had been out a few hours, I saw many trees which were green (as the leaves were already appearing) at the top where the sun had already hit. Yet they were the bright and sharp white of the snow lower down, in the shade which the sun hadn't vanquished. It was impressive as I made my way north on I-75 towards home.

It was all in all a pretty vista. But I still hate that we had such a late measurable snow just the same.

April in Winter

Measurable snow. In Detroit. On April 21. Where did that come from?

I've seen flurries this late. Indeed, as astute readers might recall, we had flurries into May last year. But that was 2020. We can dismiss that with the rest of the year's weirdness.

Perhaps it's only winter's way of asserting that it ain't over until it says it's over. I have a certain respect for that. 

Just be gone by my birthday tomorrow, okay, winter? It's one thing thing to assert yourself on somebody else's time.  But not on mine, understand?

Oh the snow again

I heard that we might get measurable snow this Friday in Detroit. If we do, it will only be the ninth time that's happened here since they began keeping records.

How about that? I don't believe I've ever seen snow around these parts in May. But my brother Patrick assures me that we have had flurries. If he says so, it's true. His memory is good for things like that. And I would almost - almost - like to get a half inch of snow simply for the sake of it.

Speaking of cold, I know it's none of my business yet I can't help being curious, there's a home nearby where they have the air conditioning going virtually year round. It was on this morning as I passed, and I notice the low humming of the window AC unit almost every time I walk by. I suppose some folks just like it cold.

Actually, I remember my buddy in Saskatchewan getting hit with a foot of snow on May 20 a few years back. Oh, it wasn't just him. It was the whole area where he lived.

Go on, you're at least smiling at that. Until next time...