Freezing rain--snow last night--no signs of spring yet, though, if you look very close, you can see that the tree buds are growing larger.

However, the snowbirds are not out back pecking away at the seed my father left for the birds this morning. Over a hundred blackbirds are there, but not a single snowbird--so they must have migrated since just last week. Maybe that's a sign of winter's closing.

I don't have any problem with crocuses, little determined cusses that they are.