Spring has had so little spring in its step we seem not that far from scenes like these, just two months ago...

Yesterday, someone left this pair of gloves on their dashboard. Today, the first day of spring, those gloves are probably wrapped around one of those ice-and-snow brushes, clearing the windshield.

A golden sheaf on dirty snow...

Even when the snow melts, the mess remains...

No, I'm not talking about myself, I'm talking about the tree next to the walkway behind our house.

This picture is about what you can't see...

A few minutes after these pictures were taken, cross-country skiers came schussing down the beach...

The sun barely penetrates the clouds, the parking meters are buried in snow, and the pavement shines...

In the snow, at the Congress Hall Hotel in Cape May...

With Cape May blanketed, this sign brought on shivers and chuckles...

Facing the beach in Cape May...

People in Cape May were saying they hadn't seen so much snow "since...ever!" Cross-country skiers were spotted schussing across the beach. Mounds of plowed snow reached six, seven feet in the air. Yet the mood was warm, because people who braved the white expanses were there to celebrate Valentine's Day, come what may...

Despite blizzard conditions that crippled much of South Jersey, one train kept running through the storm.

A fringe of ice silences this teapot, which clearly could not stand the heat and got out of the kitchen...

,,,to bring you a snowstorm. We'll get back to The Wash Cycle 5 when cars start lining up outside car washes again.