Green shoots are peeking up all over outside, daffodils and crocuses mostly, because clearly the single degree weather will not return now that it is in the fifties.

This is not to say that everything was dead in the first place. My herb garden has decided that winter is a wuss, so why bother giving in? The sage is still going strong (I actually popped outside on one of the single degree days to grab a few sage leaves for the soup) and the oregano has been quietly seizing the opportunity to take over all the undefended real estate. At some point it’s going to run into the creeping thyme and there will be war.