This spring, despite or because of a lack of preceding winter seems a lot more spring-like to me than previous ones.

I wish we had had real winter; I don't like these dry green seasons. At least there was snow earlier this month. And now there are flowering things everywhere. What a way this world works.

(I am blessed with both turkey vultures and black-neck vultures at varying times, possibly because of the area being a small green island in an otherwise urban/suburban area or because I am JUST. THAT. GOTH.)

That is brilliant.