Beautiful sunny spring day in Edmonton Alberta, making snow angels in the yard…
The final product…

By the time I finished fussing about with the camera with my mitt off, my hand was pretty cold (it& #39;s -9°C), so I didn& #39;t stay long to soak up the sunshine.

I did get the potting soil out of the shed for starting some seeds, though.
I& #39;m still a little grumbly about the weather, but you know what they say:

“April flurries bring May worries!”

Wait, no, that can& #39;t be it…

(Video from yesterday morning. It& #39;s not snowing today, but it sure ain& #39;t melting, either!)

#YEGwx
Update: it& #39;s totally snowing today.
It& #39;s melting!
It& #39;s finally mellllllllltinnnng!

(Video description: melt water flowing into the storm drain on the curb of my street, panning between the icy snow on the verge and that on the roadway.)
It& #39;s been above-freezing since Monday, but this was the first really nice day. Sunny, and no extreme winds.

I tidied up the garden along the south wall. Green onions are perking up. Spread some radish, spinach, & pea seeds under my lazy “cold frames” in hopes of an early crop.
(To clarify: the veggie seeds are in the dirt. The blue pots are some flowers I planted last fall, so they& #39;d get the full freeze+thaw cycle that helps with germination. It might be a little early for the veggies, but these are seeds from past years& #39; plants; I have lots to spare!)
Double-digit temperatures! Spring has sprung!

Not that it& #39;s very springy, unless you count the bounce in the muddy soil.

But I was able to sit out at the picnic table to finally fill up some little pots with soil for starting the tender things indoors. (Better late than never.)
Here& #39;s the “What difference two weeks makes!” comparison of the front yard.

Not so pretty now, but change is often messy in the making!

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And to complete the magic trick…
3 weeks after the start of this thread, it is just as sunny this afternoon but the snow is all gone & the ground is thawed to 5 inches deep.

I know how deep, because I just planted a row of potatoes after digging down to ice & spreading compost.
One tiny patch of ice, hidden in the shade where once a snowbank rose, is all that remains. (Hope I haven& #39;t cursed us to a May snowstorm by saying so.)

The evergreen groundcover (periwinkle & variegated nettle shown) is perking up. As are some early bulbs in a sheltered plot.
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