Yesterday I worked in my yard, digging and raking, discovering tender new shoots of perennials under the muddy brown oak leaves. Spring was finally making an appearance in my spirit as well as my garden.
Waking during the night I could hear the wind blowing a heavy rain hard against the window pane. Good, I thought, the grass seed I threw over the bare spots in the lawn could use the extra watering.
I walked over to the window at dawn and gasped.
Overnight the heavy rain became wet, heavy, snow that had been falling since the earliest hours of the morning. Once again it was winter in Cleveland.
The snow is still coming down this afternoon, about four inches on the old stump next to the garage.
In January I would have thought it beautiful.
In April, it is merely redundant.
About Me
- marybeth
- Since 1987, I've taught high school in the inner-city public schools of Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Municipal School District is a system fraught with the challenges inherent to a large district and an impoverished city. I am publishing this journal in response to those who are quick to criticize "those lazy, greedy, teachers". I offer you a glimpse into my world. I have always been a student of behavior. As a child, I would tame wild creatures and befriend strays. When I grew up, my natural empathy helped me become adept at observing, understanding and predicting human behavior, as well as discovering and studying what inspires and motivates people. Especially fascinating, are relationships; who we choose to associate with, and why; how we interact with one another, and how we affect each others lives.
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2 comments:
Oh God, don't we all know it.
Around here (the edges of New England), late snow is called "poor man's fertilizer" since it helps pull good things into the top soil. It's possible to put some fertilizer out late in winter while there's no snow cover and know that later snows will indeed pull it slowly into the ground without washing it away like a heavy rain would.
Or you can just consider it an april fool's joke from Mother Nature to gardeners!
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