O Spring, Spring, wherefore art thou Spring?

Yesterday it was finally warm and sunny enough that we arranged our erstwhile porch furniture in the courtyard of our apartment complex and I was able to sit in my favorite rocking chair for a while to read in the sun. What a treat!

Magellan, who couldn't be more spoiled, I'll admit, also got her treat (to Darwin's jealous frustration) and spent a little time wallowing in the sun on top of her favorite outside sofa. She does honor to her Puerto Rican cat-ness by being a sun worshiper.

They are few and far between but pretty spring flowers have begun to sprout, providing some color to the otherwise still dismally brown and dessicated landscape.


However, Ohio is being true to itself and temperatures will plummet from the 70s today to the low 40s tomorrow and Friday, and we won't go up into the 60s until sometime next week.

I spent a little time outside this afternoon reading, and we even sat with Dr. S for a little while, chatting, but then the temperatures started dropping and it just got too cold to sit outside any longer.

When I arrived in Ohio, eight years ago, it snowed on March 19, 2001 and that was the first snow Magellan ever saw. It was my first snow in 13 years. At least there's no snow in the forecast for this week. We'll see what the next one brings.