When it is supposed to be almost springtime, but the skies and trees look like this:

It’s good to remember this:

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
~Hal Borland

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
– Proverb from Guinea

We must live through the dreary winter
If we would value the spring;
And the woods must be cold and silent
Before the robins sing.
The flowers must be buried in darkness
Before they can bud and bloom,
And the sweetest, warmest sunshine
Comes after the storm and gloom.

–Author Unknown

Keep your faith in beautiful things;
in the sun when it is hidden,
in the Spring when it is gone.
— Roy R. Gibson

And in the meantime, it’s a good day to make these:

Congo bars. 🙂