Animaterra--

No kidding. We usually see our first snowdrops around April Fool's Day.

Speaking of cruel twists on festivities, we woke up yesterday morning to find one of our Scottish Highland heifers dead in the pasture-- totally mysterious, as she'd looked quite healthy the night before. Now, with the ground frozen, we have to set up a "livestock composting" area instead of burying her. So sad, so awful...and yet I'm sure that, somewhere, somehow, there's a Mudcatter who could write a funny song about it. (She said, smiling bravely.)

Off to the hardware store for some quicklime... *sigh*