snow in the shadows
much of the snow we got last week has melted. but anything north facing in the shade is still plenty snowy. historically, november was always the snowiest month in minnesota. but now, it is december. it is unnerving seeing these historical patterns changing. even if it is in the “right” direction for minnesotans. i will take climate stability and two two extra weeks of winter any time.
blue spruce with snow
I take your point about climate stability. But just when it seems there is no “average” to seasons any more, I think of Frost’s poem:
“The sun was warm but the wind was chill,
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.”