Spring - on hold :(

A couple weeks ago we had a warming up into the 40's and lots of rainy days which essentially melted all but the biggest piles of snow around town and left our nearby mountains looking like this.

We started looking for bulbs pushing up in the brown mud that now constitutes our yard and felt certain Spring was on it's way. Then, this happened ... several times in a row.

Grrr. Of course, I know it's not time yet here for Spring, but I SO SO want it to be!!

At least the snow brightens everything up and covers up the dreary, brown mud; and, when the sun shines ... ah, it is so lovely.

Clearly it was too cold for me to go OUT and take this photo -- do you like the reflection of our living room light on the glass?