April showers bring May flowers? Not this year.

I just checked the forecast for tomorrow so I knew what I was up against for my much anticipated outdoor day.  It's -7C on its way down to -12C for overnight.  I'm really glad that I didn't start any seeds inside this year. The plants would be 3 feet tall by the time it was warm enough to plant them outside.

I left for work this morning at 7:15am and had to take the ice scraper to my vehicle windows.  I'm sure the neighbors appreciated that noise outside their window that early on a Sunday morning.

It was foggy in patches on the way in to work.  In one clear spot there was an open patch in the clouds where the sun shone through.  It looked like a biblical picture with the sun rays streaming through to the ground below.  A large hawk sat on a fence post sunning itself.

It was one of those moments that I was unprepared for.  I had only the point and shoot camera in my vehicle.  Wouldn't you know it; no 300mm lens and no binoculars when you need them.

On the way home a car was tailgating me.  I drive the same road everyday so am quite aware of where the deer and the moose tend to hang out.  I was coming up to one of those spots and noticed 3 deer making their way toward the fence line which meant that they would probably be jumping over it and coming up onto the road.  I slowed to watch what they were going to do.  I glanced into the rearview mirror and noticed that the car was pulling out to pass me until it saw the deer crossing the road.  It would not be the first time that someone with no patience either pulled out and passed or was speeding along that road and hit one of those beautiful creatures.  One of the deer already had a big scar on its leg so obviously it had a run in with something quite recently.

I'm hoping the weather cooperates for me tomorrow.  It's my only chance for another week to spend the day outside.  I'll be glad when April is over.  May will bring a less hectic month at work and hopefully some warmer temperatures to melt the remaining snowbanks in my yard.

Then again, the leaves could be out and everything would be green and it would snow like it did on May 30, 2010.