02_18_2008 - Can you feel spring in the air?

Though the groundhog says we're in for a bit longer winter, and the thermometer plays the game of chutes and ladders, signs of a Carolina spring blossom and grow with every walk.

The flowers are ignoring the warnings that frost may come again and nip the buds and deny the fruit. And the sun shines in spite of a chill. Some days our scarves are on, and gloves cover still chilled fingers. But we can feel it warming, hear the Spring Peepers in deafening chorus and touch the soft carpet of moss slowly creeping over the crumbling leaves turned fodder.