nyerm

Ah, spring in Seattle. The flowers are blooming. The trees are turning green. The birds are singing. The snow is accumulating.

Yes, snow. Last I checked the calendar, we’re in the latter half of April, and the magnolia in the front yard has a dusting of snow on its new blossoms. The drive home this evening was bizarre, with partial cloud cover and a spring shower in Redmond, complete overcast and please-don’t-strip-the-paint-from-my-car hail on the 520 bridge, and black clouds and a raging blizzard from the U District to Northgate.

Ironically enough, my commute began behind an enormous black SUV, upon which was a large bumper sticker that read, “Global warming is a ‘theory’ - backed up by presumptuous science, not facts.” Presumably, the fact that it’s snowing in Seattle in April is perfectly normal.