Nature's Thermometer

It's not too cold this morning as my Rhododendron leaves tells me.  The super cold weather will come next week. Rain today. The tighter the leaves curl up, the colder it is.  The bud is a hopeful sign that spring will indeed come as it always does. I just read a lovely piece about hope.  "Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarm to wake up.... That's called HOPE!"