As I said in yesterday’s post, winter has returned to our land. It snowed all day yesterday and is still snowing. I had to scrape away a strip of the fluffy white blanket this morning so I could scatter birdseed on the driveway. The sparrows were getting desperate; a number of them were perched on the front doorstep waiting when I opened the door.
It’s Day 20 of National Poetry Month, so I’ll offer these adverse-weather haiku verses:
snow in April
digging out winter boots
depression moves in
hailstones
pelt the picnickers
bipolar weather
snow-laden cloud
blots out the sun
the doctor says MS
Note:
This last verse has a history. A friend’s son was diagnosed with MS not long after he married. They’ve tried different treatments that helped some, but he’s gotten progressively worse. They’ve managed to keep going, with his wife becoming the breadwinner and his main caregiver. Their children are teens now and no doubt they help as they can. Sadly, recently she received the same diagnosis. My heart goes out to them. A dark storm cloud indeed!
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That’s very tough for the family.
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We can only hope hers is a very slow type, as some are.
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Yes I hope it is.
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No!!! My dad was 27 when he was diagnosed. I know well what that family has faced, and I’m very sad to read that the mom has been diagnosed as well. My heart goes out to them.
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It’s a hard pull for sure. I think this son was in his early twenties when diagnosed and his eyes started giving him trouble not long after, so his vision’s very poor, as well as his motions.
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My dad lost a lot of his vision, too, ultimately. It’s an awful, insidious disease.
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For sure! Sometimes the decline is quite slow, other times not.
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My dad had about 20 years after the diagnosis. the last 7 were very hard.
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My word, how sad! Gloomy weather, indeed.
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Melting now, though there are still some flakes coming down. Forecast is warmer tomorrow and up to 10 C/ 50 F on Monday. So only a little while to bear the whiteness.
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72 and sunny here today, but we had some very cool days this week. April is fickle.
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True — and even May can be iffy. I recall we got snow on Mother’s Day one year back in Ontario. 😉
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Terry grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We lived there for a couple of years. When it snowed on my daffodils in May, I was completely NOT impressed 🙂
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I’d be most annoyed if I had to dig out my boots this month!
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You people are so much farther ahead than we. I think you have spring bulbs blooming by the beginning of March. Ours have more sense than to try that. 😉
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