The man of steel and I are no strangers to May snowstorms. They were more common than we liked during our years out west. One particularly vicious storm dumped 18 inches of snow on Harding County, South Dakota after Mother’s Day. But when we moved to central Iowa in 1985, we thought we’d left nasty May weather far, far behind.

And we had. At least until last week when the winter that will not end graced us with several inches of wet, heavy snow. During the storm that left the landscape looking more like early March than May, the man of steel and I said some things that made us look at one another and ask, “Did I just say that?”

Here are a few of the head-scratching comments heard around here:

• Hiram, it’s snowing really hard. You might want to leave for work a little early.
• Where’s the snow shovel?
• I wonder if school was called off.
• Have you ever seen a tulip shiver before?
• Maybe we should cover the plants on the porch.

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  Magnolia blossoms can be pickled, but obviously daffodils don’t freeze well.

Now, it’s your turn. What did you say during last week’s snowstorm that made you scratch your head and ask, “Did I just say that?”