It's Only Mid-March...

... and the farmers are out plowing...

...and the plants are sprouting...

... and I'm going to have to MOW...

... and we are taking our evening walk in a t-shirt...

... and the morning fog tells of a hot and humid day ahead ...

... and I'm already photographing spiderwebs covered in dew.

Sure, it's great to hear the dawn chorus, and to revel in the early morning warmth and the warm glow of the sunrise, but it's the middle of flippin' March! 

There was a tornado about 20 miles northeast of me two days ago.  Summer weather patterns were to blame.

Strange, strange weather.

Red Sky in the Morning

When Toby and I headed out for our walk about 7:45 this morning, there was a lovely pink glow in the sky.

We rounded the corner of the house and saw this:

Well, of course, I had to dash back inside for the camera!  What a spectacular sunrise!!!

All too soon, though, the colors were fading.  By the time we had gone about 0.3 miles up the road, the brilliance was gone.

Soon the sky was all grey and cloudy, and I thought "by golly, that old phrase about sunsets and sunrises is true."  But here it is about 1:00 in the afternoon and the sky is mostly blue with the winter sun shining weakly through the trees.  Temps are soaring up towards 40 degrees - it has turned into a nice day.