Too hot for soup

So this weekend I decided to use my frozen carrots and celery as soup starter.  Frozen veggies are good for soup.  Add in beans and squash and basil, arugula, and fines herbs pesto....

And soup is always a good thing in the cool spring weather...but it's been hot, not cool.  It's been 35 degrees F warmer than normal here in Illinois. I made soup, we ate soup, and now I feel like I have to freeze it.  It's too hot to eat soup!

Today I saw the first butterfly of spring.  Probably this species, it was black with yellow spots:

Also, the first chipmunk.  And on my way home from work I heard the frogs singing.  This is wonderful, but ridiculous.  It's March!