Even though we had 82 degrees on Tuesday and today 42, rain and wind, blooms are still far away. We had a lot of cold weather, not more than a trace of snow here and there.

On my side of the country January was a cold nightmare with single digit temperatures and shocking electric bills. During the last few days we have had record breaking heat in the 80s. Now we are waiting to see if winter returns.

^^^^ Here in the mid-Atlantic, pretty much the same thing. My shocking bills were for heating oil. $800 in less than five weeks, groan.