No, my weather is not springy, but it had been since I lived in Minnesota that I have seen crocus in bloom. They certainly don't last long. Jeff is fighting off a cold, so with the drizzly overcast weather we've been experiencing we stayed in town. He asked me to come up with a day trip, but who wants to slog through a old town in the rain! Now 3 nights in Greece or Malta, and I'm ready to go! This expat way of life can certainly spoil or warp a person as to the value of the euro. Nothing much else is going on, it's the dog days of winter.