I just noticed yesterday or maybe the day before that the trees have become fuzzy. The first indication that the leafing process has begun.  Not a great observation, but one that is noteworthy. I look for it each year and am perpetually amazed when it happens. Spring is an amazing time.  My crocuses have been up and are now gone. The daffodils are now nodding in their yellow gold glory and again we have beaten winter.
Makes me happy.