Spring 2011: don't you just love it?

So the 20th was the first day of spring 2011.  Good news.  Right?  So here's what the yard looked like.

Fairly encouraging with the snow mostly gone.  Near the house and driveway where it's a bit warmer there is actually some green showing.

Good news?  Well, it's New England.  Here's whats happening today:

That's right, it's snowing relatively heavily!  It's fairly warm so it shouldn't be overly long before it melts, but goodness I'm just a bit past wanting more snow this year.

So what to do?  To heck with the snow, I'm going to smoke some salmon since it's really spring.

I'd planned to put out the deck furniture today.  Guess I'll wait a bit.