photo courtesy theguardian.com Today, it is exactly one week until the "first day of Spring".  I find this to be a dubious designation, even though I understand that it is so from the perspective of the equinox.  But, we all know that the season of Spring has a mind of her own, and really arrives when it she is good and darned ready - and never on any such day as formally expected or called for.  And so, we wait with watchful eye and hopeful … [Read more...]