Transitioning to Spring

Long winter...extended into a cold, wet spring.  But someday...someday...spring will come.  It might be time for summer by then, but it will happen.  Today was one of those transitional days: half wintry and half pretty spring. The photos are scenes of the Grande Ronde Valley.

 Cold rain moves into the valley from the north at 11 a.m. 

Early afternoon brought  blue skies and clouds, reflected in the Grande Ronde River. 

All blue and green (snow on the mountains) by 4 p.m.  Water from heavy snows followed by days of

rain have raised water levels and flooded fields.