bye, bye winter

This morning it was still winter. And when I was walking around noon, with my stocking hat on, it was still winter.And as I walked, the debris along the roadside reflected the heavy, cold rainstorm we had had last night. Large bundles of pine tags and other tree debris on the ground. I picked up a few of the big pine tag bundles and carried them home with me, in my hat (because by the end of my walk, it was warmer and I no longer needed a hat). See hat and pine tags below. By this afternoon, such things seemed like an anachronism. I't's now warm and spring-like. Please tell me I can pack my stocking hat away for the next nine months!