Very nice to get vicarious spring vibes...here on the central coast of Calif. where drought looms large, we were hit by early, prolonged record-breaking highs of 100+ in late April/early May, which put paid to the always too short spring we usually enjoy. Except in rare, sheltered places, the wild grasses have all gone to seed, the few spring flowers that bloomed were burned to a crisp, including my ranunculas and all the wild larkspur and lupine. Right at the coast the poppies are still blooming, at least. It's so hot and dry I've decided to do a miniumum of gardening and concentrate instead on potted plants/flowers for the porch. I'm starting out with gloriously exhuberant geraniums, the big, fat old-fashioned kind, that seem to take the heat better than most. I look forward to reading more about "real" spring elsewhere...