Mother Nature is a moody old soul
- Laura Moore: Housebroken
- April 23, 2024
- 219
I got out today after three full days of gray skies and rain and was delighted to see flowering trees, bright-green grass, thousands of daffodils and plenty of multicolored tulips. Spring has arrived!
I do believe Mother Nature was a bit slow this year making her entrance. We’d have a few nice days. Then a really cold wind would begin to blow, and spring seemed to make a hasty retreat. That still could happen, so we should be prepared. Though Mother Nature can be a lovely lady, she does have her cranky side.
The amount of rain with which we have been doused this April has left our lawns and gardens soaked. It is obvious all the plants and bushes in our gardens are very happy with all the rain they have received, though.
There is one section of our lawn that is very soggy and has turned from a lawn to a rather small pond. I watched a couple of birds actually bathing there. As I was watching, the cat that lives under the shed started sneaking up very quietly on those bathing birds, but once that cat slipped into that little pond, his hunt was over. He leaped up shaking his wet paws, the birds flew off and the cat made a run for our porch. At that point he saw me watching and immediately climbed up a tree.
That evening when we walked out on the porch, we saw that poor feline still in that tree trying to clean his wet, muddy paws. As soon as he saw us, he hissed, growled, jumped down from the tree and ran away. We haven’t seen him since.
One of the worst results of April showers is an abundance of wet, muddy feet and shoes. One day I walked into our place totally unaware of just how much mud was stuck to my shoes. It took lots of paper towels to remove enough of the mud to even mop the floor. The porch floor is a muddy mess and will just stay that way until it gets warm and dry, enough to turn that mud into dry dirt.
But today, the sun is shining; the sky is blue. There is a bit of wind blowing, but it isn’t cold. Obviously, Mother Nature is in a much better mood. Perhaps her good mood will last long enough to dry up our little pond and some of the mud. We all certainly hope so. But since Mother Nature’s moods can slip from happy to cranky rather quickly, let’s all enjoy her happiness while we can.