Anticipation ...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. 

~Charles Dickens

When the sun finally surfaces from behind the clouds, how can one not pause and soak up those warm, glorious rays?  Spring officially arrives on March 20th and I am not alone in counting down the days!  Although March and April tend to bring some of our biggest and wettest snowfalls ... I can't help but anticipate SPRING!  It's hard not too when even the Trembling Aspens seem to be anticipating it's arrival!

And after a day of chasing the promise of ground squirrels surfacing, sloughs and mud to swim and roll in ... laying on the deck, soaking up those warm, delicious rays, is the perfect place for a NAP!  Spring is in the air!