Back when the fields were green

BFGL 2, originally uploaded by jasonmlott.

The weather is as drab and bleak as you can imagine. But, in the words of the Optimistic Midwesterner at the Park:

"At lease it isn't sleeting."

For my friends in Southern California:

Sleet:
1) Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops.

2) A mixture of rain and snow or hail.

3) A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.