[brytlea]

I find this a somewhat more beautiful harbinger of spring!

[chimera]

Beautiful pic. I love those little guys. Lots of cardinals around here. I hear the males start chirping in late January, calling to their mates, announcing to the world that Spring is on the way once again, that he will mate and build a nest and raise a brood. The endless chain of life.

All creatures great and small,
The Lord God made them all...

[Salamander]

I know that spring is here when the Starlings come back.

[the Robins drag in a few weeks later]

My own personal “sign” are my willows.

*Normally* they put out buds in late February but since all this “global warming” stuff started, they’re waiting until mid-March.

Right now, they have *tiny* leaves which are not growing...as if they’re suspicious of sticking their heads out, only to be hit by yet another sub-freezing night.

Just 6 or 7 years ago, we’d already be out riding the Harleys on 70-80 degree days and still riding into late October-early November.

[Blasted global warming’s nearly frozen us to death]