Oh, That Oklahoma Weather

Only a few days ago I was planting onion sets with temperatures in the mid seventies. Monday afternoon we went hiking along a bird watching trail at the lake. It was windy, and we didn't see any birds. Yesterday, Tuesday, the temperature was in the twenties with freezing rain.

It would have been a good day to stay inside and drink hot tea, but we had to get the grandson to a doctor appointment in Oklahoma City. Traffic was terrible, as per usual, but the roads weren't too bad. During the three hours we were in the medical center, more freezing rain fell and the clinic closed early.

We had to drive through parts unknown to find a Walgreens and fill a prescription before we could get back on the Interstate to drive home.

Once home I tried to get some good photos of the ice, but the pictures don't really do it justice.

The fleeting beauty of winter ice.

This afternoon, fifteen minutes after the sleet began.

Evening before last, we were watching a fat toad hopping along the stepping stones out front. I hope he made it back to his burrow before the temperature dropped. In a few days, the temperatures will be back up in the sixties and I can get back to a major case of spring fever.

Stephen P.