*sigh* Every now and then, I think the customs and traditions of the Celts, who lived in a gentler clime, are less appropriate and need to be modified over here. Just for example, when the weather is so extreme I could be arrested for being out on the street, (there's a briefing from the local head of Homeland Security on TV as I type) when the house and car are buried under layers of .5" of solid ice, 3" sleet, 2" snow, and more to start falling this afternoon, when 8,500 homes are without power, when the National Guard is ready to cope with -40 temps to deliver necessities, it's just a little difficult to celebrate the first signs of Spring!!
peace,
ES