It was just after dinner when I caught the briefest glimpse of yellow in my backyard. A zing of excitement shot through me.

Not only was this possible to see in the early evening because of the time change to daylight savings, but also because we haven’t had snow in almost a week. The temperature hasn’t climbed to our satisfaction yet, but we’re on our way to reveling in Spring.

It’s funny how for weeks we were suffering in a January that’s lasted 120 days, and suddenly we are creeping above freezing. Just yesterday there was frost on the cars and lawn. But a shot of yellow in my peripheral vision of a lonely daffodil was comforting.

As if there is a secret code for spring flowers to bloom, our snowdrops finally opened and some little blue flower is winking as I walk by it in the morning and evening.

It’s all the encouragement I need to know that summer isn’t far away. Here in the Midwest, Spring can last two months, or two weeks. Since it took Mother Nature the month of March and April to figure when she would be returning to her job, it’s looking more like Spring will be a month tops before the sweltering, withering heat of summer hits.

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