Philip-- What better on a cold winter day but a line of poetry! Droops--I share your wish for an early spring. Kay--I agree with you about the wish for snow. If it is going to be cold, the plants fair so much better if they have snow. As I write this, I am sitting in my office at work. It is 6 F (-14C) outside & there is not heat in my office!!! It is 53 F (11C). My first client is in her late 70's. I did not have a chance to reschedule the hour because she arrived shortly after I did. So we had her appointment, both huddled in our down coats! She was a good sport about it. BRRRRRR.....