We've just had the sunniest February here since they started keeping records about 100 years ago. Temperatures between 10C and 15C during the day and the Japanese plum and cherry in full bloom. Grey and a bit of drizzle on and off today, about 9C and the power went out for about an hour for no apparent reason but, other than the rumbling of the Juan de Fuca Plate, all seems to be well on the west coast of Canada.