It seems my expectation of spring weather was premature. We got an accumulation of heavy wet snow last night, and since a lot of plants were just beginning to sprout leaves in anticipation of spring, that inevitably resulted in some branches breaking off from some trees. While I'm fortunate to have not faced a power failure like some other places apparently have, one of the two trees in my front yard actually broke in such a way that it split right down the middle of the trunk all the way to the ground, all because of some heavy wet snowfall. There's no way to save that tree, so my dad will have to cut down the remainder of it and clear it away, once the weather improves. In hindsight, I'm glad I cleared away that huge bush in front of my window last autumn, because I don't want to imagine the damage it might've done as a result of last night's late winter storm.