Spring?

With most of the snow melted (I liked the message on the sandwich board outside the Kennett Square Inn: "Say No to Snow"), I took a hopeful look around the yard yesterday afternoon. Sure enough, a few clusters of brave purple crocus are in bloom. The daffodils are pushing up through the earth, along with a few early tulips and a very late hellebore. In one especially sheltered nook I even saw the beginning of some phlox leaves.