I may have mentioned it before, but spring is official for me when the birches start turning green. Today they have :) Not all of them, depeding on their subspecies and exposure to sun and whatnot, but they have. And they are heavy with catkins too. Judging by that, we'll be having a harsh pollen year.
The forest behind our house is finally green. I have been waiting and waiting. The leaves have been inching and peeking and teasing, but today the forest was green, when we walked through with the dog.
Squirrels are dithcing their winter coats and turning brown, like the one that was running up and down th birch tree on the neighbor's yard until it stopped for a long while to sit on a branch and munch on something.
Our yard is looking nice with grass starting to grow, some scilla sibericas here and there and the crocuses, even though they are largely starting to wilt already. Last year we had one lone tulip at the edge of the yard, now it looks like we'll have a bunch!
The crocuses in our yard are shyly starting to bloom. Coltsfoots by the sides of roads and fields already look like their best days are over, but they still were the first ones I've seen this year.
The Paloheinä golf course is still yellow and barren, but was bathing in sun today. Unlike the brookes in the shady parts of the woods; they are the last fortresses of ice around.
Crocuses are blooming in the park near-by quite beautifully already, but the ones in our backyard are only pushing their heads through the dirt.
