Spring Weather for Valentine's Day

It got up to 70 degrees yesterday, Valentine's Day, and the bees were out in full force. In the morning they were simply flying in loops right outside the hive entrance to get their bearings, but by midday, they were zooming out and flying away to who knows where. I saw crocus in bloom in a sunny, south facing garden on our block for the first time this winter so maybe that's where they were headed. The weather forecast calls for warm days ahead so I'll have to stake our those crocuses to catch a glimpse of our bees at work.

For Valentine's Day dessert I baked a white cake with coconut pastry cream filling and whipped cream frosting with a raspberry-strawberry coulis from the Gourmet cookbook. Delicious.