Spring has been slowly approaching this year. I am impatient but also grateful not to have wild swings in temperatures that stress the flowering trees and shrubs I love. Daffodils and forsythia have just begun. The redbuds seem to be holding their breath waiting for a day or two more of warm weather.

Spring peepers sang in the bogs just before the last snowfall. Juncos still flock under the bird feeder, but the goldfinches are shifting into their summer clothes.

Soon, very soon, the garden will spring to life!