How Mild Is Washington's Winter, So Far?

MILD ENOUGH FOR A BRIDE TO POSE OUTSIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT PARK (and without needing a coat nearby)

MILD ENOUGH FOR QUINCE TO BLOOM ON Q STREET

MILD ENOUGH FOR WINTER CAMELLIAS TO BLOOM WITHOUT GETTING "FROSTED"

MILD ENOUGH FOR BULBS TO GROW TALL IN A GEORGETOWN GARDEN - IN THE SHADE

A friend in Winston-Salem, NC, Ruth DeLapp Sartin, wrote to say, "It's already spring in the south. Daffodils are in full bloom. I do not like it. Unsettling. Shakespeare felt the same."

I'm not unsettled by the mild weather. Not liking the cold, I'm delighted. It's fun to be snow bunny only in places like Vermont, Colorado, Switzerland.

Still, this weather is sui strange. Groundhog Day is Thursday, the first day of spring is 52 days away.

Snowmaggedon 2010 happened on February 11. Right now the forecast for Feb 11 is for temps in the 40s. Please, no precip.