Spring bloom > winter gloom

Spring is here. Walking around outside -- be it in Dublin, Ireland or Dublin, CA...there are flowers in bloom all around. I like this time of year for that. I also like that along with the flowers, just a little bit of that economical doom and gloom seems to be easing a bit as well...maybe try to balance out my normal economic despair posts with this one here for a change. 

Google: The Economy In A Tea Cup

Far from your most in-depth analysis of Q1 earnings but I'll take the positive outlook, for a change at least.