Now, what have I found?

Dear Diary,

One of my Chickadees seems quite puzzled by what it found in the garden behind the house.  The snow is melting and the ears of the terracotta cat sculpture are just beginning to show.  The snow is getting very granular now with the melting and re-freezing that happens each day but at least the level of the snow pack is dropping.  The sculpture is about 10 inches high so we have a ways to go.

A friend visited for the weekend and bravely climbed the snow bank to retrieve some forsythia branches for me to force.  I am hoping that by Easter I will have them blooming.!