I can smell it in the air

[annuala]

Spring. It's more than a week away from the vernal equinox, but there are signs... I saw half a dozen robins yesterday, and several more today... four deer on a neighbouring lawn... and these:







The top one is daffodil shoots, while the other two are tulip shoots. Hard to see, I know--if you go over to the original Flickr posting, you can see the notes I put in to mark them. :-)