Snow. In October.
We had flurries last night here in northwest Missouri, just enough to notice, not enough to coat the ground. I wouldn't complain about that, but we are getting a freezing rain/snow of up to three inches precipitation tomorrow, just in time for Halloween.
Between the unseasonably warm weather and the snow, we have had about two weeks of autumn. I demand an explanation.
There's an old adage that cautions against complaining about the weather, but snow. In October. I think this is an extenuating circumstance.
The snow will melt, leaving our lawns drab, sodden leaves and dun grasses. Because this is Missouri, home of the four seasons in one day, we may even see temperatures in the sixties -- or, who knows, the seventies -- before December. But the damage has been done. November will be a child of winter, not autumn, and we will be tired of snow before the year is out.
Halloween is Thursday, right smack in the middle of the snow. Maybe I should go as a snowman.
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