Lately Glenn Reynolds has been posting pictures of springtime in Knoxville--flowers emerging, coeds in shorts, etc. Here in Minnesota, we've seen some harbingers of spring too, albeit on a slower schedule--slush in the streets, dirty cars, shrinking snowpiles. Winter, however, has returned with a vengeance; here is the view out my bedroom window this morning:

Looks like the crocuses will be holding off a while longer.