My goodness, the picture is so realistic, while it was slowly loading I thought it was of a flower garden! Really beautiful! And the Raleigh area IS so lovely in the spring.
But one more month? I'm betting for us it'll be more like 7-8 weeks. Yet reading your post did make me have a rethink of how quickly Dec/Jan have passed and how soon the bone-chilling cold *will* be over. One can stand anything for less than 2 months, surely!
Jan in VA