fourth-last day of march

On Friday, the fourth-last day of March (seventh day of spring?), this is what my walk home along the harbour looked like:

It had snowed continuously all day, yet it was so calm (and the water so cold) that the snow simply collected on the surface of the harbour! Needless to say, if spring won't arrive outdoors, we will force it indoors. Last week, we had tulips; this week, pink hyacinths.