No Parka:

While snowdrops have already shown up in the Photo of the Day feature, this was the first real shirt-sleeve day of the year, sunny and 60s. Mmmmmm. There should be an official observance, a movable feast featuring wild zither music, shameless flirtation, and a pilgrimage to the nearest gorge where snowmelt bellows free. A paid day off from indoor labor, musicians and dancers served on the house, a tax holiday on the purchase of loud shirts and little things with spaghetti straps. Throw open the doors and meet me at the bonfire with an effigy of Old Man Winter. Sing bawdy ballads 'til April Fools' Day dawns.