Most of the snow is gone from Toronto–about three weeks ago we had more snow than I’ve ever seen here, about as much as is standard up north–and we had some sun today, but the wind was bitterly cold, and when the sun went down the snowmelt on the sidewalks turned into rivulets of ice. Everything is still brown and waiting to wake up.

I thought I saw some flowers during a warm spell the other day, but they turned out to be plastic ones that someone had stuck in their garden. Eesh.