One of the perks of working at home is being able to do things like wander out into the greenhouse on my lunch-break. In Newfoundland during February, this is not a perk to be sniffed at.

Today there wasn’t much to see. A few dead grapes, some hot peppers that didn’t get picked last year and dried leaves everywhere. But there was a spark of life from the Rosemary plant:

And the grape vines were holding on tightly to the promise of spring: