Frosty grass

This photo is from earlier in the week when we were still having frosty mornings. Right now our mornings are quite mild, which is nice. The heat doesn't need to run very long to warm up the house and the birds are getting more vocal at sunrise. There is a definite feeling of spring in the air, a feeling that is accentuated from having just come out of a very cold spell.

A tuft of vineyard grass covered by a fine frost. Click to encrystallate.

It's still February and it can still freeze. March usually brings rain squalls as warm and cold air masses do battle over our heads. The squalls are often in the form of rain, but they can just as easily come as sleet or snow. In France these squalls are called les giboulées de mars and correspond roughly to what we Americans call April showers.

"If March winds bring April showers, and April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?"

If you're American, you should know the answer.