///Owen\\\ wrote:
Here on Southern Vancouver Island the forsythia is out and the fish are up.
But................. I spread a mulch of straw in the Fall, and it's
sprouted. I shall be weeding for ever.

Spring is here, also.............. well, for this week anyway!
Temps in the 60s.
Narcissus are golden trumpets.
Almond orchards are bursting into bloom.
And today I saw the first butterfly.
I thought it was a dead leaf in the wind, but it was a Mourning Cloak!

The mornings are still frosty, though

Emilie
NorCal