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Day 18 of 40

It's been flurries mixed with intense bright sun today. I think I'm ready to move north. Can't winter last just a few more months? Not this spring business with the mud and trash, but winter with it's piled high snow and chilly days that you dress properly for. I really don't care much for spring, it runs two perfectly good seasons by mixing them together the wrong way, unlike fall, it mixes them up quite well.
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