Signs of Spring

Ah - the signs of Spring are upon us! I walked outside this morning - headed to work - expecting it to be cold and rainy. It wasn't cold, it was barely raining, and there was a slight breeze. I stopped just outside my front door and closed my eyes, savoring the morning. I realized I was hearing something I hadn't heard in months! The little tree peepers were singing in the woods across the street! If that isn't a sign of warmer weather on it's way, I don't know what is. I just stood there for a minute or two and took it all in; the temperature, the breeze, the wet pavement, the smell after a rain, and the little chirps from the critters proclaiming, "It's Spring!" I've seen robins for several weeks now - and I remember my grandmother telling me to watch for the first robin because that was a sign that Spring was around the corner. Now the tree peepers are out! Several of the trees at the office have little leaf buds on them. There are daffodils pushing their green leaves up out of the ground at my house and, I'm waiting on crocuses and Lily of the Valley. I'm waiting on the return of the birds. Sooner than I know, I'm going to have to fill the hummingbird feeder for another summer full of watching the tiny birds sip the red liquid outside my living room window. I'm looking forward to being outside in the back yard with my kids, swinging and playing as if Winter had never happened. TTFN JMS