Happy Leap Day!
Today is February 29th, one extra day on the calendar that occurs every four years.
This strange specimen arrived from the grocery store in a bag of mini-peppers this week and for me it sort of symbolizes the change from February into March.
For those born on this day, like our dear friend Jeanne aka The Beaner, it's a chance to truly celebrate a "real" birthday.
For us, with the temperature hovering at a high of around 60 degrees Fahrenheit, it symbolizes the hope for an early Spring.
But maybe just not yet.
After all, some of our memories of heavy snowfalls here have occurred in March.
And SWMBO has always said to not plant herbs or flowers until after her birthday, which is in mid-May.
At any rate this ripening pepper will eventually turn from fully green to totally red, if we treat it right.
Then again, an impatient old man may just eat it!
