IT'S SUPPOSED TO GET ABOVE FREEZING PRETTY SOON!

I check the extended forecast on a fairly regular basis, because hope springs eternal and all that. 

THIS time when I looked I saw that April is supposed to be a bit of an improvement on what March has been like in this neck of the woods. 

Maybe not MUCH of an improvement, but at this point I'll take what I can get! 

Temperatures above freezing is something to look forward to!

No, we don't want things to warm up TOO quickly, no matter that we would dearly LOVE to be back in flip-flops outside. 

That would spell trouble in terms of flooding. 

While my immediate vicinity isn't in much danger of serious flooding, some parts of this state ARE. 

So a slow spring is to be hoped for, even though I personally am in a great hurry for it to warm up and be NICE out there! 

I am very much looking forward to the yearly inspection tours of my yard to see what's coming up, what's getting leaves, and figuring out what flowers I want to put where. 

I WANT to see the day lily shoots poking up!

I WANT to see the lilac leaves budding!

I WANT to watch the hollyhocks coming up!

I WANT TO!!!!!

But I'm willing to wait a little longer if I have to, which I do.