There are Crocuses and Snowdrops, but there was also snow. The forecast called for snow followed by rain, with less than an inch of accumulation. Instead, we got about three inches of snow, clinging to leaf and limb, and no rain,
Rain overnight and very early this morning, then fog all day.
I have, at least in my own mind, named the male and female turkeys who vist most frequently Sam and Harriet. Sam stopped by yesterday and waited by the slider as if waiting for an invitaion to enter.
I noticed both turkeys scratching and diggibg in the snow after acorns. When they find one, they swallow it whole, no cracking the shell required.
My phone received a National Weather Service alert at about 9:05 this morning about a snow squall.
A snow squall is an intense, but limited duration, period of moderate to heavy snowfall, accompanied by strong, gusty surface winds and possibly lightning. Snow accumulation may be significant.The phenomenon is not new, but the term and warnings associated with it only began in 2018.
At 9:10 I saw the first flakes drifting down, By 9:15 the air was thick with snow, and it was sticking to the patio furniture. By 9:25 the snow had stopped.