Not much longer!

This week we got a taste of that sweet spring/summer weather.  The sun was shining and you could actually feel the heat it gives off on your body as you walked to or from your car.  The snow melted enough to see grass - although not green, it still gives hope of better days to come.  There was a constant drip coming from the roofs of houses and buildings from the melting snow that would fall to the ground and add to the already standing puddles on the sidewalks.  The puddles weren't annoying though - they weren't patches of ice - one didn't even mind jumping over or even walking through this water that reeked of energy.  The puddles weren't seen as an obstacle, they were seen as a sign of hope.  

There are those of us that really savor every second of spring and summer.  I am one of these people.  Energy abounds when the sun shines and a good thunderstorm can even resurrect the hope within a person that was squashed by the long, dark winter.  

For those of you who share this fondness of the warmer, brighter months - fret not - for soon it will be time to replace the scarf with a beach towel.  Until those temperatures arrive, let us glean refuge from the harsh winter in these glimpses of warmth we got this past week.  We have much to look forward to.