The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

A spring snow this past week was especially welcome. For a few short hours it cloaked and covered the trees and landscape with artistic zeal, softening the edges of everything it encountered and quieting the immediate environment outside our door. The moisture it brought was welcomed with open arms in spite of the sub-freezing temperatures that felt compelled to accompany the snow.

Early spring bulbs responded with amazing resilience, defying the cold by hiding beneath the insulating layer of snow. The first blooms appeared by sheer will, testament to the durability of gardens in general when...