It is ridiculously…

It is ridiculously beautiful outside; the children have been scooting up and down the block; our dog is basking in the sunshine; all the neighbors are smiling (and often stopping to compliment the garden, which is full of snowdrops and reticulated irises right now). It would be nice to live where it's warm all the time, but there is something particularly splendid about the joy that rises after a long winter.