Last night it was 76 degrees in my house, making for incredibly uncomfortable sleeping. However, given my frugal air conditioner settings, this summer this will likely be the coldest my house will be, and I will be content. Our bodies are amazing things, but they do take a little time for acclimatization
I don’t know that it has always been so, but late winter/early spring is a crazy weather time in St. Louis. We claim many such periods, “If you don’t like the weather in St. Louis, wait…” Then again many locales make this claim. Are we pre-programmed to see our own environs, circumstances, views as special?
Even so, it really is a little crazy. Six days from today, the overnight low is projected to be 20 degrees Fahrenheit. That is a hard freeze, and those lovely, fleshy blossoms that are beginning to bloom on Queen Magnolia at das Haus are prime candidates to become crystallized blossoms and then droop down into dead brownness. All over St. Louis this will be the case 🙁
This is an old photo of Queen Magnolia in springtime. She is now not quite so fulsome. Periods of crazy St. Louis weather in two separate summers have caused large branches to be felled, including as a result of the St. Louis tornado last May 16th.
heedless of late frosts
brave queen magnolia blooms
her heart on her sleeves
Your Haiku is wonderful!
(With the weather rollercoaster we have been on the past several years, it is hard to get my hopes up that better temperatures AND better days will come. I’m glad there are writers and artists like you. The act of creation in itself gives a hope that the world sorely needs.)
Ann, thanks so much for your kind words. Here’s to some warmer temps bringing on the bluster of spring…but not too much bluster 🙂