April Showers

This was the view from our back door in the northwest suburbs of Chicago on the morning of April 11, 2007.

And this was the view from the front door.

Most of the day, it wasn't actually below freezing, but new snow kept coming to replace the earlier snow, which was busy converting into slush. Under the white cover, there's green grass somewhere. The trees in their wisdom haven't budded yet, but the daffodils, always eager to bloom before competing flowers, have taken it hard.