Oh the spring!

Yep we got a bit of snow and it's freezing outside, well below freezing point, but the roads are clear until the next storm hits.  It's only December and we've a way to go yet.

The Mississippi Valley with it's evergreens can  look rather striking.  Yogi and all the other bears are asleep in their caves and not scrounging for food on the outskirts, but soon the drunks will hit the streets in the run up to the Christmas season.

Now, the big question is: what happens to all that white fluffy stuff come the spring and the warmer weather?  Of course if you live outside the Mississippi Valley area that runs the length of the great dribble from Minnesota, you may not know so here's a clue...

Isn't it funny how a single picture can tell whole story?

Yep, we're not out of the woods yet and many folk will be swapping their snow shoes and skies for kayaks and rowing boats!  A few may need the assistance of a helicopter or rubber life raft while they watch their goods float off down the river to the sea.  Then you wonder where the mermaids get their furniture!

Of course we have to freeze our bums (butts) off before we reach this stage.  Hopefully the summer sun will dry us all out... before it burns us to a crisp!
At least that's what it looks like around the Campus at the different universities here in La Cross.  The young things appear to be offerings to the gods - with sun cream thrown in for good measure.  What next I wonder, another winter like this one?