We had a very pleasant day today with a nice breeze, warm sunshine and a nearly cloudless blue sky.  I was feeling well enough to have Sophia accompany me to walk around the yard and look for signs of Spring.  We were able to find violets hidden underneath the forsythia and flox beginning to climb the perimeter of earth at  the garden wall.  The crab apple  is laden with unopened  pink buds which will pop open as if by magic and surprise us even though we know it is coming.