April Freeze

Normally April showers bring May flowers, but tonight the temperature is predicted to plummet to 26 degrees, with a wind chill of 17.  So those beautiful blossoms, posted yesterday on this blog:

. . . Are now covered in the billowing, ghostly sheets that I hope will protect them from a hard freeze, each limb tucked securely away against the cold:

And my run tomorrow?  It will most likely take place in temperatures in the mid-30s.  I wonder if I will ever be able to retire my winter running clothes for the year?