Signs of Spring (post them here)

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A dozen Turkey Vultures circling overhead today, in search of new spring scavenging grounds.

a hint of lukewarm air in the air.

First daffodil in flower in my garden.

For the Vernal Equinox:

For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the seasons of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

— Algernon Charles Swinburne, "Atalanta in Calydon"

And on the first day of spring, Boston tonight is predicted to get 6-12 inches of snow!

The grass is growing.

And on the first day of spring, Boston tonight is predicted to get 6-12 inches of snow!

Well today's the first day of spring and I'm actually surprised that today is nearly passing for spring around here. It was sunny and no snow, and much of the snow on the ground is gone. But it wasn't warm. The air has that "bite" to it, which it often does when it's sunny and early spring. I really don't like it, I refer it mild and overcast. But it would have been a lot colder if there was any wind today.

I read yesterday we're supposed to be getting a HUGE storm tomorrow. I really hope not, or I won't be able to go out for lunch with my mom.

Today's sign of spring in my neighborhood is an inch of snow.

rain Rain RAIN!

Song Sparrows were singing today:

The Red-Wing Blackbirds, Bluejays, Crows, and Robins were excited today, creating a cacophony of birdsong.

Mockingbirds singing all day today.

state patrol planes doing ovals in the sky over the interstates/hiways looking for sunny-weather speeders

Turkey Vultures cleaning up the dead deer carcasses.

Red Maples were in full bloom today.

Snow, lol. Where I live we always have 3 or so weeks of nice "spring weather" to convince us it's come, and then one last really nasty snowstorm in the middle of spring to ruin it. It's usually the nastiest of the year, it's a light snow that melts in less than a day, but the body has adjusted to spring weather so a really cold nasty snow has the perception of being 20 degrees colder than it actually is.