Last week I posted about the weather around here, referencing as an April Fool’s type joke. And sure, as hearty “Minne-snow-tans”, we take the weather in stride. Sometimes the jokes are really funny, sometimes they have unintended consequences and sometimes they’re just wrong.

Well around here, it is feeling like we’re getting hit with the joke that just won’t go away. After hitting the 60’s over the weekend, we’re not getting out of the 40s, and last night there was snow, lighting, and thunder. All rolled in to one.

This was my front yard this morning. Whee.

With our luck, next week it will be in the 80s, humid, and we’ll be swarming with mosquitoes.

Ok, tomorrow is April 1, right?

I had no snow in my back yard when I left for work this morning… and it is still coming down, three hours later.

This next one I just thought looked cool… it’s the rear fender of my Jeep after I got home.

Just one year ago, well… and a week or so… we got hit with a heck of a storm. As things warmed and melted and refroze, I awoke Sunday morning to this…

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I don’t know why I am getting so tired of winter this year. It is only the first week of March. But I am really getting tired of the cold. It is 10 degrees out right now. 30 degrees less than “normal”. Ok, fine, this is Minnesota… there really is no “normal”, but still…

So for now… I will stare at this.

Yesterday was Groundhog’s Day. Here in MN, it was overcast… so I am hopeful we get an early spring, but even if we do - that doesn’t mean we can’t still get hit hard. This picture is from on my way home from work, just 11 months ago on March 1, 2007.

We ended up with 6 or more inches that day I think. And we had another March storm that dumped about the same later in the month.

I’ll take an early spring this year please… I want to get the hard top off the Jeep ASAP!

…and checking it twice.

Saturday was the 2nd Annual Mendota Lights celebration at a town square like shopping/office area the company I work for owns and manages. We have a 20some foot tree with thousands of lights on it, Santa comes in, carolers, and more (we had a bit of a storm, the horses for the hay rides didn’t make it this year). I got to escort Santa around again this year. This shot was about the best I was able to get. Lighting stunk for getting good snapshots, and getting close when all the kids want to see him is tough. But, I think this picture best hits the mark for the mood of the evening.