Spring Battles Winter Skies #SkywatchFriday

Spring starts later this morning, at least for some of us.  I know what the calendar says but, where I live in the Southern Tier of New York, spring has to battle it out with winter for weeks before spring finally wins,

The battle between winter and spring makes for some interesting skies.  

The day before I took this picture, it got up to 72F (22.2C).  Springlike?  Not so fast.  The next day when I woke up around 5:50 am, it was 23F (-5 C) and there was ice on the driveway, with snow on top of the ice.   That resulted in most of the pictures in this post. 

Some of my crocuses are blooming and I'm sure they didn't appreciate that winter won the battle.

Some more pictures from the battle earlier this week.

Look hard and you'll see a bird on the branch in the middle of the photo. 

Today, the first day of spring,  it is supposed to rain but at least it will be rain and not snow.

Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.