What do April Flurries bring???

We have been spoiled in these parts by several days of really nice weather. Most of last week it was around 20ºC (that's about 70ºF for the rest of y'all) and sunny. Sorry to those from NZ or Oz, how's fall doing by the way? This weekend we had a forecast for the inevitable rains of spring. It' spring and with all the heat things were really starting to get too dried out, so no big deal there. It would help the beautiful flowers I have coming up in the garden. As you can see above though, the flowers got more than they bargained for when they awoke early, as did I.

Sunday morning saw a nice chilly morning after 30 hours of straight rain accompanied by a layer of snow on everything including the poor flowers. I think they took it worse than me since by the afternoon the flowers had all shriveled up and buggered off. I just dressed warmly and kept on going. It wouldn't have bothered me so much if I didn't have to go unpack the winter gear we had put away after the nice weather. That'll teach me to be an optimist!

The worst part of it all was that it was only a half-assed attempt at snow. I figure if it wants to snow, it should at least leave enough on the ground for a snowman or at least a snowball or two. C'mon mother nature, is that all you got!! I need to have more of this instead of just teasing me. I guess I had better go find my beach clothes and shorts since it looks like we are going straight from winter into summer.

When I was a kid we used to get a few months of blooms and new growth accompanied by temperate weather and mild rains. I'm really going to miss spring, I used to enjoy it. Are you unpacking umbrellas, swimsuits or shovels where you are?