It is snowing again

My friends tell me that the daffodils are up in the Pacific Northwest. I will never forget my first winter/spring in Oregon, seeing daffodils everywhere, even in the freeway medians. In California I would be out in the garden encouraging my roses. Here, they are still buried under straw in their sandwich boards, trying to hibernate through the long winter. Dear God, why did you send me to this desolate place? I know that it is part of your creation, and that there are people who truly love and enjoy this climate, but not me! Dear Lord, help me to praise you in all things, even the long winter.