By Karen Cotton

Around 11 a.m. yesterday I was pleasantly surprised by my annual visit from the cedar waxwings.

They were having a berry feast in the tree outside of my living room window. Yet, a visit from the migrating waxwings only means one thing. There’s a storm headed our way because they’re filling up their bellies to get ahead of it.

Spring in Wyoming is as unpredictable as the groundhog’s shadow on Groundhog’s Day. All of the weather stations said it was going to snow yesterday in Cheyenne, but it just rained a skiff here and there.

The moisture from rain is great, especially for the tulips in my flowerbed, the grass that’s greening up and the trees that are budding out. A hard freeze could have a much different outcome, I’m afraid, which is why I picked my prize tulip yesterday morning.

In the wee morning hours I’ve been contemplating about cutting all of my tulips and making them into a large arrangement for my table because you can’t trust the weather in Wyoming. Nah, it’s 40 degrees outside, hopefully they’re tough.

It’s 12:25 a.m. right now, my daughter is asleep in her crib and my husband is snoring in our bedroom as I write and lounge in our nursery recliner. I found all of these reliable weather media outlets on the Internet that are saying the same thing: A winter storm advisory is in effect

Weather Central: http://www.weathercentral.com/weather/us/cities/wy_cheyenne.html

The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/weather/today/82001:4:US

Accuweather: http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cheyenne-wy/82001/weather-forecast/331604

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/wyoming/weather-radar?play=true

So, we’ll see what happens when I wake up around 9 a.m., or earlier depending on the baby girl.

I’ll be posting pictures on Life is as Sweet as Cotton Candy 🙂

Thanks for reading my first post …have a blessed Sunday.

Karen