Bulbs - crocus, hyacinth, daffodil, tulip - are showing a good 6-8 inches of greenery but no flower buds yet.  My roses are pushing leaf buds.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03252009/business/double_dippers_161157.htm

One Wall Street trader told The Post that what's been most puzzling about the purchases is how aggressive both banks have been in their buying, sometimes paying higher prices than competing bidders are willing to pay.

Recently, securities rated AAA have changed hands for roughly 30 cents on the dollar, and most of the buyers have been hedge funds acting opportunistically on a bet that prices will rise over time. However, sources said Citi and BofA have trumped those bids.

However, I did notice that the crocus are up and blooming, the daffodils and tulips are up but not budded yet, the forsythia is getting ready to burst and the trees are greening - my woods now has a sort of impressionist flavor to it.  It's raining here today and I think it is supposed to rain tomorrow and perhaps some this weeked - we really need the precip; I think we are something like 8 inches below where we should be.  Since we are on a well, the water table is important to us, although where it is at any given point is reflective of the precipitation 6 months earlier.

Will be spending the weekend chucking things into a dumpster at my aunt's house, putting out the free-for-the-taking stuff out by the street in hopes someone can make use of it.