Not April Fools?

 


Feeling confident about our late stay in the tropics this April, we expected to avoid final blasts of winter that were being thrown at 'all the folks back home'. Just when the weather app promised sunny shorts-weather and you’ve made eye contact with a patch of green grass, boom—everything is frosted like a cupcake again. Yep, nature dusts everything in a suspiciously cheerful layer of sparkle, but I'm not buying it! 

The optimistic will try to remind you not to worry because "spring is just around the corner". Let me remind you that winter's 5x encore performances were -- unrequested. (No mas!) However, let's look on the bright side of all the benefits:
  • You get to experience all four seasons in a single week! A budget-friendly climate sampler.
  • Fashion rules totally collapse, because no one knows how to dress anymore.
  • The earth needs the moisture. (And so do my feet, apparently.)
  • Procrastination was a good thing because you didn't put away your boots or the winter tires. (Or, did you?)
  • Shoveling is cardio, strength training, and emotional resilience all in one tidy workout. Nothing builds character quite like hearing the robins chirp in the background. (But trust me, they are just confused and clearly didn't sign up for this either.)
  • A foot of snow will postpone and hide the mucky melting mess for another week.
  • You might squeeze in one more ski or sled ride. (What? No mas.)
Plus, when the snow finally disappears (for real this time… probably), especially as a snowbird, you’ll feel like you earned spring and might just stumble right into summer instead.

Above photo: My feet the day after we returned from Mexico. Saskatoon, April 23, 2026.
It has been snowing all day since I grabbed that pic. * No mas = "No more"


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