Appalachian Spring

How to tell it's here:




groovy little flowers poking up all around....






new moss around the tree trunks







dandelions, (greens and tea from greens steeped, great for your liver!)







Dogwoods in bud...


And:

You get home the time is changed, the sun is out, it's fairly nice. So you go for walkies without a jacket...a half mile from the house, up on the logging land, the wind starts to blow a bit, clouds pile in, and it rains a downpour. So you slosh home the half mile down and up, change into dry stuff, and check the weather, and you see this:



Hello, Spring. (yesterday, 75 degrees, sunny, shorts only, shirt and shoes optional...)