First Day of Spring

According to the calendar today is the first day of spring. The sunrise was 7:01AM and sunset is 7:10PM so we are past the vernal equinox with equal day and night. But so far spring looks a lot the same as winter as seen by this picture of our back yard.

One good thing is that we had a low of only -8C and were up to +3C, a lot better than the record low of -33 C for this date. And there should be more warmer weather to come. I am just hoping the snow will be gone by Easter which is 3 weeks away.

I have a daily journal with quotes at the top of each page. Here are a couple about spring:

Spring is wonderful. It makes you feel young enough to do all the things you're old enough to know you can't. - Franklin P. Jones

Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush. - Doug Larson