It is that time of the year again here in the northern mid-west. The snow is melting and we have just had our first sixty plus degree day. Every one breaks out their shorts and flip flops and for a brief moment we are basking in the sun. The rain returns and brings with it the moderate 30 degree days and near freezing nights.

Along with this comes the emergence of lost shopping carts from the giant snow banks in shopping center parking lots. Like skeletons frozen in time these winter fossils appear ready to be rescued and returned to their rightful homes.

I am ready to bid farewell to the snow for another season. I am confident that most of my fellow Michigan residents feel the same.