Anyone who lives in the upper 2/3rds of the North American Continent will readily admit this past winter was one of the coldest, snowiest, and LONGEST in a quite a while.   Last year at this time, flowers were blooming, the trees had leaf coverage already and spring was in full swing.  It's taking Mother Nature much longer to wake from her winter hibernation this year.  While there are buds on the trees and the annuals in my garden are starting to pop up, on a cloudy evening such as this, you would be hard pressed to know it was April in Northern Kentucky.   Still too many cold days interspersed with the brief teases of warmer weather.  

From someone who is convinced their trip to the planet was unintentionally detoured from being dropped in a much warmer climate…this winter was a challenge.   I think there must have been some cosmic switch before birth and someone a little closer to the equator is wondering why they are sweating their ass off and dreaming of a northern climate.

Have to mention (brag) that the University of Kentucky Wildcats are in the finals of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament tomorrow night.  Talk about cosmic switches.  NOBODY saw this coming (accept maybe Ashley Judd)…making it all the more fun.  GO CATS.