Whereas here in north central North Carolina, spring has sprung - early and dry. Some fairly wild temperature fluctuations, but all mild compared to many other places. High tomorrow 80F, high Tuesday is predicted to be 55F. That sort of thing has been the pattern for the past few weeks. Has been a weird winter. Colder average temps and more frozen precipitation, but much lower precipitation over-all, and no periods of what for us is extreme cold. And now a much warmer and drier February than is typical, in spite of significant fluctuation in temps.