I hope that all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Here in the Possum Kingdom, we celebrated by meeting with our new accountant. Very romantic!

But, because yesterday was a simply glorious, totally unseasonal day, it had other compensations. I have been editing the manuscript for OVER HERE, the book of my first year's blogs that we will be publishing in the next couple of weeks. As I've been reading about the weather we had this time last year, it's a striking contrast. This whole past weekend, and particularly yesterday, were so astonishingly spring-like that it's hard to believe. I think we had to wait until April to have even one day as nice as this last year.

Of course, it's not going to last, it is, after all, only mid-February. But it was wonderful to have it, even for a couple of days. Our accountant's office is in Cepie, between Limoux and Carcassonne. So, after our meeting, we stopped in Limoux for lunch at the Tivoli, our favorite brasserie in the town, then we took out some excellent Chinese food from Le Perle d'Orient to reheat for dinner. This gave us a great opportunity to walk around and soak up the warmth and sun. It was such a lovely change to not have to wear several layers of sweaters and a coat to be comfortable outside.

Today, though, the sky is gray again and rain is predicted for tomorrow. I knew it would happen, and we do need the rain. But it is a little bit sad to see spring slipping away from us again.

Ciao for now.

Randy