Crazy Ohio Weather

Two days ago, I woke up to hear the birds singing outside and an expected weather forecast of 60 degrees. It actually reached 63, but who am I to say meteorologists are always wrong (well, I do that too but not in this instance because it was actually ok that they were wrong this time).

Yesterday, I woke up to near freezing temperatures and rain. Throughout the day, things went from bad to worse - the temperatures dropped, the wind picked up, and the rain fell heavier. When I left the house yesterday afternoon with my kids, this is what I came outside to:

Every branch on every limb of all our trees were frozen. The weight of the ice did this!

Today, everything is still frozen. The kids are out of school for a snow day. I don't hear the birds singing. I hear kids complaining because they want to go outside but I won't let them with everything ice outside. Boy, to hear those birds singing again would sure be nice. I am so impatient for spring.