Spring in the Upper Midwest. Beautiful rolling hills, covered with snow. Brown lifeless trees, covered with snow. Fuel oil bills up the wazoo. Windshields iced over every morning. Sidewalks slippery.
What a charming place to live. Not. At least not in March nor April.
The people are wonderful but the weather just plain sucks. Where is global warming when you need it?

SRS I'll send you photos of my spring flowers as soon as they are up. Check back with me sometime around, oh, I don't know, June maybe.