Spring is coming. Really?

Yesterday Cliff Mass said "Snow in the mountains," but this morning I woke to see quarter-size snowflakes plopping on the deck (which is perhaps 100 feet above sea level.)

The snow was soon followed by rain, then sun, then wind, then more clouds and rain - and next Friday is the first day of spring. It could snow then, too.

I would happily desert Seattle for almost anywhere warm in March. My good friend in the building insists February is the month to be away - "It starts to get nice in March, and all the flowers begin to bloom."

Though it can be cold and snowy in February (especially this year) we often get a week or more of mild sunny days that make you think spring is just around the corner. And besides being a short month, February has Valentine's Day, my birthday, and President's Day weekend - all reasons to stay here and enjoy.

March is too long and too gray. Fortunately it offers at least one opportunity to celebrate - Z's birthday. This year she was enmeshed in tech rehearsals the week of her birthday, and I had both a board meeting and an orchestra rehearsal on mine, so we combined celebrations last Friday, the 13th, with dinner for a small friendly group at a nearby restaurant. Along with belated birthday wishes, the dinner was a chance to celebrate the "best overall production" award Z and her actors won last week at Kaleidoscope, a one-act play festival sponsored by the Washington State Community Theater Association. Now they go on to regionals, and everyone thinks good thoughts!