Only a short while ago my part of the world looked like this (the black thing on the driveway is my daughters dog Maddox, who is crazy about snow, so he rolls around in it whenever he gets the chance).
Over the last few days all snow disappeared and this morning, even so it was windy and cold, these beauties showed up and declared that soon it will be spring.
Okay, winter can still be long, but we can dream, right?
My writers block 
exciting, isn’t it? I saw eranthis, crocuses, and snowdrops for the first time yesterday after the snow melted.
Yes, and it looks as if we’re having a very early spring this year. The sun is shining, it is warm, the birds are singing. It’s a bliss.