Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day 2011


Spring is in the air, as temperatures rise into the 40s.  Blue skies and sunshine seduce the conservative northerner to lose the long johns for a day and don a sweatshirt for a while. 

The sun rises earlier, hastening the dormant to greet a new day and shake off the vestiges of a winter that held every living thing in its dull, gray fingers since November.  The melting snow reveals scattered bits of tan grass, a matted layer of leaves covering the garden, and a single green bud rising above the debris.

The warm weather is supposed to remain all week.  Is it the start of spring or just a welcome intermission?  We shall see..

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