It is January. There are no natural flowers blooming now. Hothouse flowers do not count. Still, after weeks of below freezing weather, we enjoyed a thaw today. Nothing record-breaking, but significant after so much cold. We got out and walked in the park, on its east side. We explored all of the work done last year around Jefferson Lake. New bridges, a new boardwalk and what looks like it will be a new waterfall, are all part of this project. It is almost done, with work finishing up now. A lot of mud in the near future, long term it should be nice.