Spring weather here has been strange. A few days ago the sun was out and warm enough that I dug out my summer short-sleeved shirts, washed them, and got ready to wear them again. The forecast on my phone said it would turn colder today, so I figured a sweater would be enough. When I woke up in the afternoon and opened the window, hail was coming down.
Friends had been posting rapeseed flower photos lately. Last time I went home I meant to take my little girl out for a spring walk, but she caught a cold. On my way to work in the afternoon, after I parked, I noticed a small patch of rapeseed flowers beside the car and took a few quick shots.
As I walked, the rain and hail turned into heavy snow. It was heavier than the snow during Spring Festival. When it paused, I went to clear the snow off the car and took a few more pictures of the rapeseed after the snowfall. My phone was not really up to shooting at night; I took several, but none came out especially well. That will have to do for now. I probably looked ridiculous standing there taking photos with my phone anyway.
A friend posted crabapple blossoms after the rain. It is crabapple season again. Last year, by the time I got back, the flowers were already gone. This year I definitely want to go to the crabapple garden and take more photos.
Friends have been posting that Henan went through spring, summer, autumn, and winter in the past couple of days. This ridiculous weather catches people completely off guard. I had only seen on Douyin that morning that it was snowing in Zhengzhou; I did not expect it to reach southern Henan by the afternoon. Still, it is spring, and the nighttime temperature was not that low. By four in the morning, the snow had mostly melted. Only the snow left on the car roof proved what had happened the night before.
Snow is not all bad. The wheat in the fields needs water. There is an old saying that timely snow promises a good harvest. I do not know whether this snow counts, but I hope so.
