Wings in a Whirl

There are 48 days left until spring. We came home from our last vacation 44 days ago. (Memo to me: never go on another holiday during the autumn or the spring. The times I really need to get out of Dodge are the middle of the summer and the middle of winter.) To be fair, it hasn’t been the worst winter on record…yet. We haven’t had a ton of snow, and there have only been a few nights (so far) when I’ve worried about frozen pipes. But the ice and the nasty air have kept us from enjoying our favorite walks. And I’m hungry for color – any color other than grey. It doesn’t help to remember that at this very moment Disneyland is full of cyclamen blooming in scarlet, white, salmon, fuchsia and lavender. It’s at least 25 degrees warmer there, and all the cast members are huddled in their winter jackets, complaining about the cold.