For Pete's sake, come out!

Ahem. We mean outside.
The sun's finally out, the world is warming up, and our home and garden issue shows a bazillion ways to enjoy the great outdoors and to beautify the great indoors. OK, so maybe it's not a bazillion, but it's close. We swear.
How might you be inspired? Let us count the ways.
After reading about the Neighbor Wives – two best friends who merged their gardens into a community hotspot in East Lansing – you might be tempted to till up your backyard and plant something green or two, or maybe even to rekindle some old friendships.
Or perhaps after reading all of the thrifty tips for thrift-store shopping in our article "Gem or junk?" you might be inspired to peruse your local vintage store. You can use our expert tips to find a cool piece that makes a stuffy old room feel a bit more spring-y.
Maybe you'll look at a glamorous Detroit hotel we featured and feel like venturing to the Inn on Ferry Street yourself. The inn features breathtaking restorations of beautiful Victorian homes – that were nearly left vacant. If those buildings from the 1800s can be restored, well, anything can.
Of course, if you're not feeling up to exploring the great outdoors or to beautifying the great indoors, you can enjoy a more figurative "coming out" story by reading about a local pastor who decided to come out after 20 years of working in faith. The Rev. Louise R. Ott talks to BTL about faith and sexuality, and how they don't have to be mutually exclusive concepts.
But if all this – and the (finally!) less oppressive weather – isn't enough to get your keister up and moving, take a glimpse at your pasty, fleshy limbs. They need some sun. Sorry, but we had to say it.
So that probably isn't a bazillion reasons, exactly, to get outside. But there are some good ones. So go! You're not getting any younger. Or any less pale.