February -février - febbraio - febrero

I'd like to wish everyone a welcome into what we in the west like to call
"peri-spring". Even though officially, spring is a month and half away, we
see things growing in the garden. The hills are a deep green. The days
are a wee bit longer and the birds chirp like crazy at mid day when the sun
is at its apex. Rain is still possible, but that's good because that means
no watering duties yet! And yes some of the coldest weather of the year
can be before us, but it's clear winter's fury has been blunted, tempered
by the promise the vernal return.

Happy February.