Here is how my front walkway looked a few short months ago.....

And then..... (from Scripture         

                                                     For, lo, the winter is past.

                                               The rain is over and gone.

                                                     The flowers appear on the earth.

                                                     The time of the singing birds is come.

                                                                     OR NOT!!!!!

Two days ago we had a FROST ADVISORY. the temperature was to drop to the low 30s and frail flowers were in danger.   Usually once Memorial Day is past it's safe to plant anything.   But frost, even this late, is not unheard of.  So... having planted my flowers a little bit early to be ready for the Confirmation party,  I took out the plastic and decided to protect them.  And I'm happy to say they made it through the night.  There was indeed a light frost.

Spring in Michigan is like this.  It's cool in the morning and often warm in the afternoon and quite cold sometimes at night.  There can easily be a thirty degree temperature shift in a day.  

As a result, many Spring coats get left behind by children (and also adults.)  Who thinks of the coat you wore in the morning for a little nip when it's afternoon and 70 degrees out?

But It's truly gorgeous here, anyway.  Blue sky, flowers, birds.... and the snow was not so long ago that we have forgotten to appreciate God's lavish gift of extraordinarily beautiful weather.  That's one gift of living in Michigan.  We stay grateful.