We made it!

Although we are still a week away from the actual start of spring, this week filled us with hope that it actually will come! A few warm days melted the piles of snow down to reasonable mounds and cleared out drive and walkways of the thick ice layer they had become. On the warmest day, I decided to help hasten spring by actually shoveling off patches of grass from under our clothesline and around the house. I kept thinking, "people watching me must think I am crazy!" But then I figured we're all a little batty after being buried in snow for months and went on with my work. Oh, does it feel good to look out the window and see greenish-brownish spots instead of simply blinding white. 

That sunshine. It heals. 50 degrees has never felt so good!