April on the Tundra

I wish that this was an April Fools joke but sadly it is not. I took the three following pictures this morning with my cell phone. If I haven't wished you a happy spring just yet - this is why. This is spring in Minnesota:



The first two photos were taken from my back porch, the third is of downtown Minneapolis, taken as I crossed the Mississippi. On the far right of the photo you can see the on-going construction of the new I-35 bridge to replace the one that collapsed last August.

The snow will all be gone in a couple of days. But it will still be a few weeks before things start to bud and bloom.