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Snowdrops through the fence

While walking home this morning from my bus trip downtown (for my usual coffee shop visit and gym workout), I spied my neighbor's snowdrops through their fence, and see that they have begun to emerge from the ground, with some daffodil sprouts as well. And I realized that we have indeed turned the corner from the dark of winter towards spring being just around the corner. (I suspect that those are fake flowers on the right, though.)

When I first woke up two days ago and went outdoors, I was surprised at how warm it was: 51°F (10.5°C). But then all day long the temperature dropped, until we got below freezing that night. This morning it was still cold, but a few degrees warmer. Tonight, however, we are expecting some snow and colder temperatures before a gradual warmup.

I myself would much rather have those pretty snowdrops than actual snowFLAKES. It's true that we are usually blessed with exceptionally mild weather in the winter months, other than a wee bit of rain. We have had so much of the wet stuff that several of our rivers are currently overflowing their banks. The town of Sumas to the northwest is pretty much underwater.

Sumas on Sunday, courtesy Whatcom Emergency Management

Here, however, we aren't suffering quite so much, although make no mistake about it, we are getting just a tiniest bit tired of so much rain.

In other news, although I was rooting for the San Francisco 49ers, I watched the last quarter of yesterday's Superbowl and thoroughly enjoyed it. After all, it had been fifty years since Kansas City had been in the Superbowl, and it made me happy to see their joy at the outcome. It would have been fine either way, for me. It was a good game. If you watched it, I hope you enjoyed it, too.
:-)