Bob CollinsCome on, Minnesota (and you too, Wisconsin!), turn that frown upside down.
It’s all — as someone once said — mind over matter: “if you don’t mind, it don’t matter.” That was my theory when I decided to look at the bright side of a winter storm in April. But I had nothing, so I turned to Twitter for inspiration. Twitter delivered.
Here are 10 different ways to look at the benefit of a snow and ice storm in April.
@mylittlebloggie Outdoor beer cooler? (But this is my “Snow in actual winter” reason, too.)
— Elliot Mann (@elliotmann) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie Beginning of lawnmowing season pushed out even further (really reaching here)
— Luke Taylor (@LukeTaylor_MN) April 11, 2013
Ice storm power outages provide perfect opportunity to hear names of rural MN towns you’ve never heard of before. #SnowInApril
— Bob Collins (@MyLittleBloggie) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie temporary pothole packing #snowinapril
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie confused winter potty trained puppies know where to “go” again. That’s all I got.
— betsysoderlund (@betsysoderlund) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie it’s another thing that proves we are hearty and therefore better than people of warmer states.
— derek schille (@thewindyapple) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie Snow day w/my kids means we can spring clean! Also, I can finish filing my taxes; not sure that’s a good thing.#SnowInApril
— Cinnamon (@cinduff) April 11, 2013
Snow will wash cow manureI drove through yesterday in S.St. Paul from car. Garage smells like feedlot. #SnowInApril
— Bob Collins (@MyLittleBloggie) April 11, 2013
.@mylittlebloggie April snow-showers bring May snow-flowers #snowinapril
— Joel Detko (@packer_nirvana) April 11, 2013
@mylittlebloggie The air conditioner in my car is broken, but the heater isn’t.
— Maggie (@bodicegoddess) April 11, 2013
