Waiting For Spring

Our cold is back upon us in a big way.

It is beginning to annoy me a bit.  The combination of cold and early dark means that the chances of getting anything beyond minimal work outside done are minimal.  That is a bit of a problem as, where we currently live, the actually season called "Spring" is so short that handy things like planting a garden or doing other sorts of outdoor activities (even those less than exciting things such as mowing or raking leaves) are at best moved to the weekends to compete with other needs or at worst are completely put off.

As you may have guessed, we have had some remarkably good weather for a February - temperatures up into the 70's.  It is quite delightful to spend time in but, with the wild variations, hardly the sort of weather one can plant things in and hope that they will survive.  And even if the temperature climbs a bit (as it is supposed to do this weekend) we are still going to be caught in the midst of pretty steady cold rain, which makes working outside not pleasant at all.

It is not really a complete I suppose, more of an inconvenience.  Still, I am chafing a bit for either longer hours at night or better weather or probably both.  There is a lot to be done, and waiting for the weather to turn and the sun to hang around longer is not really getting me there.