a spot of beauty...

... amidst this.
I've been using the phrase 'the winter of our discontent', just cause I like the sound of it, but frankly, we are a little bit tired of the grey. We fully acknowledge that as Californians, we really have no room for such complaints, but we miss the garden.
Seems we've had far more freezes-- and deeper-- than usual, and no rain, and things are looking much deader than they should. Some things which usually bounce back in spring are looking not-so-bouncy.
Alas.