Dear Mother Nature... Really?

 

More than half way through the month of April and it's cold!

We had snow this morning...  Winter's getting pretty old.

Don't know how much more of cold and rainy I can take.

I've  grown really sick of it.  I need a little break.

Somewhere warm and sunny - near an ocean - would be nice.

Margaritas on the beach?  Don't need to ask me twice.

It's not gonna happen but a girl can always dream...

Still, if I don't see the sun tomorrow I will scream.

The Boston Red Sox Home Opener - 2018

(A more appropriate sport for current conditions at Fenway Park.)

Red Sox' Opener's today...  They're home at Fenway Park,

Where the wind chill feels like it's below the freezing mark.

Fans will bundle up in layers and make a joyous sound

When the Red Sox take the field and Price steps on the mound.

I refuse to make predictions about who will win;

('though we've started 5 and 1) it's still a sports gods' sin.

It is much too early to risk jinxing anything...

Up here, where the Red Sox play, it isn't even spring.

They're predicting snow tomorrow - Saturday, as well.

After that they say we'll have a lengthy, chilly spell.

At the rate that temps are falling down on Yawkey Way

We should just delay the Red Sox. Let the Bruins play.

Snow?

Past two days were bright and sunny - in the 70s.

Yet, today, New Englanders are breaking out their skis.

Forecast says it's gonna snow today into tonight...

Makes me want to utter phrases that are not polite.

I know that it's only February here up North -

Where I've seen an inch of hail fall on July the 4th,

Where we've had a foot (or more) of snow on April 1st -

Still, to have a taste of Spring - then lose it - is the worst.

Blue Skying

Back a month or 2 ago, fresh snowfall to my waist,

Swore I wouldn't bitch about the heat...  I spoke in haste.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you (even though it's hot.)

I just wish we'd had a springtime.  This year we did not.

We went straight to summer; it's confusing local trees.

They're all dropping pollen, causing everyone to sneeze.

It's still better than tornadoes, floods, or massive drought.

Blue skies aren't something I would dare complain about.

Springing Forward

A Public Service Announcement

Saturday we change the clocks to try and fool our brain;

Seems like there's more sunlight with the hour that we gain.

Proof that seasons come and go and Spring is on its way

'though we've half convinced ourselves that Winter's here to stay.

Even those who love the snow are sick of it by now...

It's too cold for skiing and the folks who drive a plow

Lost their minds 3 storms ago because they're human, too.

They, like all the rest of us, want Winter to be through.

When we hear the news Niagara Falls is, mostly, frozen

Winter weary northerners regret the states we've chosen.

As the year rolls into March, with all of us still freezing,

We begin to think a southern clime would be more pleasing.

You don't get this in Florida. (Photo/www.thebookoftravel.com)

The Never-Ending Winter

Tomorrow it's going to rain

Which means we must clear out the drain.

It's clogged up with snow

There's no place to go

For water.  It's kind of a pain.

We must or we're facing a flood

So now - with some tears, sweat and blood -

We're hacking at ice.

Some Spring would be nice,

But then we'd be dealing with mud.

Fire the Groundhog

(Photo/@QBurgh-Q92.9FM, Pittsburgh)

Why did I believe something a stupid groundhog said?

I looked out my window; now I'm going back to bed.

Spring may start tomorrow but, from everything I see

Punxsutawney Phil was wrong and he is dead to me.

Here We Go Again

(Photo/My.Opera.com)

Wish that I could warn my tulips and my daffodils

Foot of snow is on the the way...  I wonder if it kills

Crocuses and other flowers that began to peep

Tender shoots above the ground? They should go back to sleep.

That is what I plan to do with Winter hanging on.

It could be July before this wretched snow is gone.

I like snow for Christmas.  After that, I think it should

Just fall in the mountains so the skiing will be good.

I am more than ready for this Winter to be through...

Calendar says Spring but Mother Nature is a shrew.

Easter Bunny ought to ask to borrow Santa's sleigh

'cause, in Massachusetts, we'll be digging out 'til May.