Spring is definitely arriving in my front yard. The maple trees are the brave ones—they are always first. Their furry buds look so pretty lit golden by the late afternoon sun.

Up close and personal they look entirely different, like some exotic flower.

The forsythia hedge is not going to be left behind. Its buds are expectantly waiting to burst open in their full cheery yellow glory.

Small bushes are starting to unfurl their first new leaves.

And since I don’t have any crocus, I had to go outside of my own yard and into those of my neighbors. This pretty grouping is from Luke’s yard.

And these are from Luke’s next-door neighbor. He has a nice cheery row planted against his stone wall.

Even though our temperature is not anything to brag about this weekend (23 degrees right now, heading to low 40’s by midday) I know that warmer weather is on its way. At least today it’s sunny and not rainy like it has been this past week. We’ll be thankful for seat heaters when we take Mia out for a spin today!

I love spring.  I can hardly wait for things to start looking pretty here.  Of course the grass under the snow does looks greener and that’s a very welcome sight.

I love the look of naturalized crocus. And I love that they can be snowed on and still stand back up when the suns shines on them again!

Debra, spring comes earlier here than it does in CO. In CO you always have that late spring snow storm that breaks branches and ruins blossoms! So far we’ve not had that here and I think it would be a rare occurrence.

Jan, I need to plant my own crocus so I don’t have to borrow next year!

my forsythia is fully out - it suddenly exploded one night this week!

lovely light in your top two photos, I love that soft fluffiness

Yay Spring!