>>>P.S. - http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03151002/H1N1_Swine_MN_IL_IA.html
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>>FWIW, our winter has been the coldest since 1996.
>Ours was very cold too. Certainly colder than any other time since I have been here. However, despice the temperature, the season is getting shorter.

Shortening + seasoning... are you cooking something? But don't de-spice it... spicy keeps you warmer.

Back to the subject - although it's, by all signs, springtime, we had light frost this morning.