The snow has receded and the clouds have parted. The birds are trumpeting Spring! It has been about 6 months since winter started here. Time to check out all of the yard-care equipment to see what survived the inactivity. Mark the calendar for delivery of mulch next month. Find the rake so that the leaves that blew around last fall can be removed.
Isn't it great? Another month or so and we'll see some green around here instead of ice-burned brown.
Oh, dear! I wrote that just a little too quickly. The snow that came and melted came back again.
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Sorry, brother. It looks as if we won't be playing golf on your birthday.
Snowfall totals from the March 27th, 2008, winter storm
THIS ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BRINGS THE SEASONAL TOTAL AT DETROIT TO 71.7 INCHES WHICH MAKES THIS THE FOURTH SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1880. FLINT HAS NOW RECEIVED 82.3 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS THE SECOND SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD SINCE 1941...
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