Living in Wisconsin is an Adventure

I'm starting to think the next ice age is coming.  Now that I've got my mind set to spring and warmer weather and getting out with the dogs to go camping, hiking and climbing - winter seems to have made a return to Wisconsin.  In the last couple of days we've seen snow, rain, sleet, and as a coworker put it "slush" falling from the sky. 

My poor little rogue daffodil that I saw poking through the ground back at the beginning of March, never amounted to anything but green leaves.  I'm pretty convinced that the ice cold weather and the snow we've had since then froze the poor little thing this year.  Now most of the summer plants are partially above ground and getting a dusting of snow and rain that will probably freeze over night.  Hopefully they'll all survive so eventually I'll have a colorful array of flowers.

I guess the one good thing about this crazy Wisconsin weather - the Fox Valley (Appleton / Green Bay area) is forecasted to get 8 - 10 inches of snow.  If nothing else, I may be able to pull my new snowshoes I bought at the end of the season out and head north to try them out. 

Yes, living in Wisconsin is an adventure and right now Mother Nature is playing a practical joke on us.  I say Bring on the Ice Age.