more spring

[frualeydis]

Most of the snow is gone. It's just the snow piles that still linger. Mostly they're covered in gravel so they are protected from sunshine too. There are snowdrops in the flowerbeds in protected areas, I have seen some sprouts of crocuses and the forsythia outside our house is in bloom. It's around 8 C/47 F so it isn't warm, but compared to earlier this month it's heavenly. Especially when the wind isn't so icy at it was on saturday.
Today is the premiere game for the season for my favourite football team. Another sure sign of spring.