Today is my daughter Persephone's birthday.

Happy Birthday Little Sweetheart! Today we have sunshine and weather in the 70s. All the plants have been waiting, buds tight against the cold, but swelling with the lengthening days.

A good day to turn dirt over in the garden, put batteries back in the riding mowers, plant some more fence posts for the new duck pasture...and celebrate growing things.

We can still have snow, but we celebrate with sun today.