You have to admit, Mother Nature certainly has a sense of humor.

Very funny.

Yesterday was the first of spring. To prove it we took a picture of some kids, teeth no doubt chattering, sucking down free water ice at the annual freebie offered by Rita’s Water Ice outlets.

The cold temperatures were accompanied by howling winds, some reported as high as 50 mph.

Think that’s bad? Try to avoid the TV today.

Maybe just for old times sake, maybe for one final longing for a winter storm, we’ll be hearing about some more bad weather headed our way. And a certain four-letter words.

That’s right, tomorrow morning they are calling for a mixture of rain and wet snow. You read it right.

Easter Sunday doesn’t look a lot better, although at least it is supposed to be sunny. Those sunrise services are going to be no bargain. Daybreak temperatures will be near freezing. Later in the day it will struggle to hit the mid-40s.

And that’s not all. There’s another issue now hanging over our heads as we await the arrival of more spring-like temperatures. Remember all the talk in recent years of drought-like conditions? Forget about it.

Now the big fear is flooding. The ground is sopping wet. The water has nowhere else to go. Besides into our basements.

Government forecasters say the problems now plaguing the Midwest could soon be hitting the Northeast. Pennsylvania is on the list of places where flooding is feared.

Reservoirs upstate and in New York are bulging. Snow melt is going to add to the problems. All that water has to go somewhere. It’s likely to wind up in rivers, streams and creeks, at least until it goes over the banks.

That’s not good news for folks on the Delaware and other trouble spots in the region who know all too well the problems of too much water.

Brace yourself. It’s going to be a wet and wild spring.