The snowy scene in my southeastern Minnesota neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
LIVING IN MINNESOTA, I find that winters sometimes get long. Too long. This has been one of them with unseasonably cold temps—try 15 degrees in my part of the state on Easter morning—and now more snow.
Snow falls thick and heavy in my Faribault backyard.
Heavy, wet snow. Snow globe snow. Beautiful, yet the kind of snow that can slick roadways if it sticks to the surface.
Aiming my camera lens upward, I see snow flying against a grey sky bordered by bare branches. Note: I edited this image to make it more visually appealing.
The kind of snow, too, that is termed heart attack snow. No explanation needed on that one.
I am wishing for spring. For no more snow. For 50 degrees. Heck, I’ll even take forty.
© Copyright 2018 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
So sorry that winter is still hanging on so tight in your neck of the woods. Bundle up. Stay warm! ❤
One degree above zero here this morning with a windchill of minus 10. And more snow to shovel. Sigh.
I’m sending warm thoughts! 🙂
Thank you kindly.
One of my Mason City friends posted that it was minus 10 this morning with the wind chill. I won’t lie—I totally enjoyed sitting on our dock with my sister yesterday in short sleeves . Spring will come to MN soon. I know it will. Hang in there.
Same here in southern Minnesota with a minus 10 windchill. Enjoy that dock sitting in the warmth of spring sunshine.
That was some heavy wet snow but it was beautiful to watch
I agree. Beautiful to watch. There’s something magical about a heavy wet snowfall.
I think spring decided to skip a turn this year. Perhaps we have entered a new ice age!
Don’t say that…as we learn of yet another approaching winter storm. I’m enjoying the warmth and sunshine of today.