A break from winter

At various times, I have wondered if this winter would ever end.    All I could think during what I really hope is our last snowfall of the season, was how I just did not want to take them sledding again.  I know, what a brat, right?   Poor me, stuffing them in their snowsuits and watching them happily sled down a hill about four blocks away until they tromped home and sucked down their hundredth cup of hot cocoa.   Break out the violins and play a sad, sad song.




Gratefully, this is the scene in my flowerbed today.




Spring is here.   I survived winter 2014-15.