Quite frankly I am confused by this year's spring weather. It is so cold lately it hardly feels like spring. Sometimes though, the smells come through. For example, as I walked from my house to my car this morning, a fresh undeniable scent wafted across my nose and caused me to pause and smile. Earth. Something green was growing. I closed my eyes and traveled back through the years to my own back yard where I was closer to the ground then and I could smell it always. My fingers were black with dirt for a few seconds and I could smell the lilacs in the back yard of my youth. I opened my eyes and looked around. Maybe it was just the lilac bush in our back yard here in the present. And then a slight breeze blew and I shivered. It's spring, just early I guess.