[Magdalen] Is it spring yet?

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/2015 11:10:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gracecan at gmail.com writes:

I just  hope they don't plan to nest anytime soon, because the babies will  
freeze!>>>>
 
Fresh out of residency at UM-Minneapolis, my family found themselves
experiencing our first European (German) spring.  When Wiseman+ worked  in
a sermon that there would soon be daffodils blooming (this in mid-February) 
 we
looked at each other thinking the man had gone daft.
 
He was correct, however, because by February 20th, there were the
daffodils.
 
In the Upper Midwest, there really is no spring. It goes from cold  and
uncertain winter to summer in a couple of days and thus sweeping
all the spring flowering plants to complete their thing in just a  couple
of days.
 
Pennsylvania OTOH, really has a long, gradual spring, and it is my
favorite season here.
 
 
David Strang - In the Poconos of Pennsylvania.