Spring has sprung, and if you don't pay attention to it right now, you are going to miss the best part. Sure, you'll have time to smell the roses next month, but by then this gentle season will be long gone. In fact, judging by the forecasts, it may be too late by Saturday. It's been so long since we've had a hurry-up spring like this one that you may have forgotten what to look for. This is a tricolor tapestry that changes almost as you watch it.
Tiny buds give way to full-blown leaves in a week.
Daffodil yellow is replaced too soon by a riot of tulip hues. Next, turn off the TV or radio and just listen. Remember that the peepers' violin concerto will be replaced soon by the bullfrogs' rap concert. And if you live near a brook or river, you know its spring roar is best savored on those first nights when the windows are just cracked open. Finally, don't forget to look up.