*Note for those who don't take selfies: ask the well-tipped wait person if they will take a photo and hand them your phone. Chances are they'll do a great job!

A friend is coming over in a few minutes with 8 ounces of Market Spice Tea - this is the excellent variety available from the Specialty Spice Shop in Pike Place Market in Seattle - he placed an order for both of us to save on the high shipping cost they charge. I drink their decaff, which is the ONLY decaff tea I'll drink, it actually does taste as good as the original full-octane variety (I have some of that also, but only for morning consumption).

A day of running ahead, starting with a tree-planting event at a friend's house. Spring is just around the corner when the gangly delicate-but-large crane flies are bopping all over the place (in the Puget Sound area I grew up calling them "gallinippers," though a search on that generic term shows it applies to several types of insects.)

It sounds like the potting/glazing energy will come with longer days and snow melt, Dorothy. Be patient walking around on ice loaded down with heavy trays!