Snow and Petals

A little while ago I was walking out to the mail box after school. It was raining gently, and I was enjoying the sprinkling of pink petals coming off the cherry trees. Our whole neighborhood is dusted with pink right now. Suddenly I noticed that the cherry petals were actually mixed with snowflakes because the rain had turned to slushy snow. It was definitely a haiku moment. Snowflakes and cherry blossoms. There can be no doubt that it is spring in Washington.