If you ever wondered how ridiculous some newspaper stories are, please take a look at the headline of this Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein. It ran on page two of Elgin’s Courier News on Thursday.

If you ever wondered how ridiculous some newspaper stories are, please take a look at the headline of this Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein. It ran on page two of Elgin’s Courier News on Thursday.

“Blame global warming,” the story says.

I wonder what we blame for today’s snow.

You’ve heard of the folks who live inside Washington’s Beltway, of course.

There are apparently reporters who can’t read weather forecasts.

Ours for Good Friday was S-N-O-W.

There are no flowers, except for artificial ones and the ones for sale at exorbitant prices grown in other climes, and the one in today’s “Message of the Day.”

The cherry trees are blooming in Washington earlier than usual.

Where’s the “rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey would put it?

As I write this on Thursday, the forecast for McHenry County says, “Total snowfall accumulation of up to 8 inches is expected…”

I heard that forecast yesterday before this D.C. story was sent out.

I have added the pictures from our dining room at noon Friday. The letters have been there since we began hoping spring might arrive.

The dark mark in the upper right hand corner of the top image, by the way, is Keely Cat’s tail. He’s a curious cat.

And, yes, those are snowflakes in the next picture. They showed up when I used the flash.