If I had known about that thing about washing with dew, I still would have been out of luck because in the semi-arid climate where I live, we almost never get dew, and this morning, as it happened, we had a very light layer of wet snow instead. So I won't be beautiful this year, just as I feared. We didn't get nearly as much snow as we need -- we're suffering a drought. Still, apple trees and lilac trees are all in blossom. The daffodils have come and gone, and the tulips are out, and the first lettuce.