So *THIS* is Spring???

So, we are technically in the spring season, right? Well, this is what it looks like from outside my balcony door after over 12 hours of snowfall. My bus ride this morning took 70 minutes to get to work, and this afternoon it took 55 minutes! The usual ride time is about 25 minutes each way!

No, the picture on the bottom is not fuzzy, that's the snow still falling! And the snow pile on the balcony railing is ALL from this storm system as the railing was completely clear from all the warm weather we had been having!

*sigh* So it looks like we will be waiting a little longer for spring to actually be here!

Talk like My Dad, then Talk Like Me

Well, I did it again the other day - I sounded like my Dad. Only this time it was to two 5 year old boys as I walked them to their school for afternoon classes.

The one boy noticed a "rainbow" in the water puddle as we were crossing it, and stopped to look at it. He of course asked me why there was a rainbow in the water. So I replied:
"Well, you see, the cars leave gas and oils on the snow and as the snow starts to melt the gas and oils stay on top of the water, making it look like there's a rainbow there!"

The one little boy didn't believe me and drew out a long, disbelieving, "Noooo"!

So I then said, "Or it could be that a leprechaun took a bath in the water puddle and left a rainbow behind to let us know he was there!"

The boy then believed the actual scientific answer - go figure!