This morning on Yarnstorm, I saw a beautiful picture of daffodils, which Jane says are at their peak where she lives in England. Here in New England, daffodils are still deep under the snow and won't be seen until late March at the earliest. We have many snowstorms between now and daffodils. But spring does begin to show up on my windowsill as my Ponderosa lemon has decided to burst into bloom with a half dozen clusters heavy with buds. This plant grows slowly -- after 4 years it is barely 12 inches tall but it bears fruit, one huge lemon each year. This is the heaviest blossom set it has had so far, so maybe this year it will go for 2 lemons. Meanwhile the scent is intoxicating.
Our latest snowstorm finally passed through last night, leaving us with about 6 inches of heavy wet snow. This morning when I took my daily photo, the last of the clouds were moving out to see and the blue sky was just beginning to show -- now we have bright sun.
No new pictures of Arabian Nights today. I am in that long stretch where there is no change in pattern, just addition of length. I think I will likely finish sometime late next week or early in the following week. I have to spend time this weekend and next getting everything prepared for my big seminar on the 15th -- I have lived with the Medea material for several years and have presented this seminar twice before, but there is always work to be done on it.