Sunshine and Snow

Today it was snow falling
under a sky growing blue,
big puffy clouds,
not a snow sky at all.
Yet there they were,
white kernals
scattering over the yard,
a moment that makes you wonder
where
such a contrast could come from.

Too warm to snow, I thought,
so I double checked the thermometer
The chatter of songbirds grew
as I tended to the birdfeeders,
looking up at the sky,
walking there with no coat on,
just a cotton shirt,
watching the snow mix into the birdseed,
the sparrows and chickadees
impatient
where they hid among the wisteria and juniper,
ignoring the weather.

But there it was.
I poured birdseed,
looked up at the blue sky,
and thought about God's sense of humour.