Mother Nature keeps us guessing.

Mother Nature likes to play tricks. To give Minnesotans the unexpected. Oddities. For instance, winter a year ago was one of the warmest on record. Maybe the warmest since white settlers/explorers arrived. Only three days of subzero temperatures. And the lake (Forest Lake) that I live on opened (free of ice) earlier than ever. On March 18. Evidence of global warming? Maybe. But this year, the lake may open record late. Beyond April 21. The sheet of ice is still thick. And snow-covered, too. And high temperatures all week are predicted to remain in the low 40s. Yesterday, I bicycled in a mix of snow and cold rain. But I ain’t complaining. Not nice to alienate Mother Nature. There’s no predicting what she might do next. –Jim Broede