HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

 ....AND  HOPES OF SPRING SEEM ETERNAL

Saturday,  9:00 AM.  30 degrees F at the ferry dock, 26 on the back porch.  Wind SSE, calm with occasional light to moderate gusts.  The sky is clear,  the barometer stands steady at 30.37", predicting a seasonally cool but sunny week ahead.

   Someone cited the old saw yesterday; "Hope springs eternal." when talking about the arrival of spring.  Then some one else said, "Yes, and hopes of spring seem eternal."

   So when I looked out my library window this morning onto the snow covered herb garden, I saw hopes of spring...daffodil leaf buds springing up through the snow.