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Leap Day - yay! I was up & at ‘em early this morning, trying to beat the Saturday shoppers & score on some $2.99/lb chuck roast. There were 3 left in the case when I left. On the way across the parking lot back to the car, there was a brief “graupel” shower. I’ve seen it once before so I knew what it was ... looks like little snow pellets:

https://snowslang.com/graupel-definition-precipitation/

It’s going to be a chilly day (40’s), but at least the wind isn’t gusting/howling like it has been the last two days (the birds were hanging on to the swinging bird feeders for dear life). We got more rain so things are soggy and I’m not going to do anything in the garden until maybe tomorrow or Monday (after which ... more rain!).

Took a ride in the country Thursday & the winter wheat in the fields is lush green, some crab apple trees are blooming & I saw one forsythia bush also in bloom. We have camellias, crocuses & daffodils blooming at our place - it’s been a very mild winter. Seeing all the “green” reminded me I needed to get my mower serviced - that is now scheduled for March 11 so I’ll be ready to roll as soon as something other than the wild onions start growing in our fields.

My SIL’s chickens have started laying again, which means two dozen eggs came my way this past week & one of my nieces just got baby chicks (of course, they’ll be inside a while). The farm where I buy my grass fed beef had their first calf arrive this past week so the spring babies are on the way.

Tomorrow is March 1 .... the beginning of the end of my winter depression. Once we hit that date, I know if we get snow, it won’t last long!