Don't tell winter, but there's something decidedly springtimey in the air.
Oh, sure, there's still a few inches of snow covering most of the ground, no hint of budding leaves on the trees, and we could still be getting snow or ice storms for another two months. But temperatures are in the 50s(!). It's light out till almost 6:30 - quite an improvement over 5:00 sunsets. Birds are starting to sing. And best of all, something on the breeze smells decidedly vernal. I can't name the smell*, but it's there.
It's unfair to winter, really. We should have another lovely month together, filled with homemade bread and soup. But springy smells like these make me long for artichokes, asparagus, and peas. And rhubarb. Oh, for a stalk of tart, crisp, perfect rhubarb!
I know you're just teasing me, spring. Your green bounty will have to wait a little longer. And that's okay, tonight I can pretend with a green dinner based on last summer's pesto, waiting patiently all winter in my freezer for just such an occasion. It's no rhubarb, but tossed on pasta with chicken, it's definitely a harbinger of months to come.
Though to be honest, I'm not sure I've had enough homemade bread and soup. I haven't made my cassoulet or my bread pudding yet, and it would be a real shame to keep that duck confit and loaf of challah waiting in the freezer much longer. Good thing cooler temperatures are rolling back in over the weekend - I've got time for warm winter comforts yet.
But don't tell spring.
*If I could, it would probably be something like "mud." Lots of snow melting means wet, mucky puddles. Yech.
4 comments:
what is this thing you call snow... i'm confused. doesn't it just rain everywhere?
Jen, you should maybe take a class in weather or something. Then you'd know snow is what happens when it tries to rain but it's cold out. See, wasn't that a great and scientifically accurate description? Good thing you have friends who know so much about meteorology.
that was a fantastic description. completely correct too, minus the whole dependence on temperature and moisture profiles coupled with vertical velocities throughout a large portion of the troposphere. but otherwise yes, highly accurate.
sarcasm aside, i was more trying to make a joke about the particularly mild nature of seattle's winters when compared to the frigid weather of michigan.
Snow's back. It just went on a lil vacation but didn't want us to miss it too much.
ughhh.
@Jen- haaaaahahaha.
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