Like Crazy Baboons

When March came in like a lion, we took solace from the old refrain: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." However, after that beginning, much of March remained leonine, and this is how it looked on Saturday morning in the last weekend of the month. Not lamb-like at all. Roar.

When I looked out the window, I saw that the driveway guys had already done one pass, but that they would have to return for a second, clearing which would include removing that ridiculous bank of heavy snow left behind by the ever-so-thoughtful city plow. This they did in due course.

That ↑ was Saturday. It is now 6am, Sunday morning. When I awoke at 5:30, I looked out my window, except I could only look at my window and not out because it was covered in ice. Thankfully, the power is still on, but the current weather report predicts that the freezing rain will last for another 8 hours, so I'll finish this up soon and get it posted. 

Whatever happens, we'll manage. Fortunately, Danica, who works parttime in Perth, a half hour rural drive away, was able to switch shifts with someone who lives close to work. On the other hand, the last that I heard, Jonathan was still expected to show up at work. His work, you may remember, is to deliver groceries to cars in the parking lot. It is difficult to picture cars driving to the store for pickup today, but that is all that I can report for now.

When I look at the forecast, it sure seems that winter is not done with us yet, for I see snow off and on in the long range forecast until April 10th. I think we can drop the March Lion metaphor for something like, "March comes in like a pack of crazed baboons who wreak havoc well into April."