First

The bordering-on-hail rain, the cold temps, the winds and all other general suckiness of the day (Thursdays are still the new Monday) sort of melted away and were replaced by utter delightness when I saw the first of the fairies out for the season.
I caught her knee-deep in the snowbells, cheeky thing.
I'm pretty sure she didn't see me, but I had to be stealthy like a ninja - which is hard when you're a six-foot woman crouching in the rain.

Hurray for Spring - wherever it may be today.