This has been a great experience for me to read all the different comments sharing how spring looks in your area and when you truly know it is spring! Before I announce the winner of Weather Lapbook from Hearts and Trees, I would love to share a list of some of the signs of true spring shared in comments from readers. I want to thank everyone who left a comment sharing your springtime goodness. We will have to do this again in another season because I enjoyed it so much!
Flowering Bulbs
- I am in SW Virginia and in this area, it's the forsythia, the grape hyacinths, the violets, and the wind!!!
- Here in the boondocks of Quebec, it's when you can see the crocuses pushing through the last snow....
- When I see the crocus come up that usually means spring to me....
- Here in Oregon you know it is spring by the clumps of yellow all around from daffodils
Changes in Trees
- ...Southern middle Tennessee - we know that spring has sprung when the Bradford pear trees turn white as snow with blooms...
- We know Spring is on the way in the Carolinas when the Bradford Pear trees bloom white all over town...
- We know its spring here (Vancouver BC) when the cherry blossoms bloom.
- In south Louisiana, it's the pecan trees! They say you can't fool the pecan trees, they won't get leaves until after the last frost.
Green Grass
- The grass has greened up, the streams are bulging and sap season is over.
- Spring for me is the day after the first thunderstorm when the grass begins to turn green.
Return of Migratory Birds
- This year, the signs of spring were the birds. Even though nothing else seemed to want to wake up, the birds came and started to sing.
- The kids love it when the robins start coming back to the yard.
- When the birds that fly south for the winter come back.
- When the geese start to fly north again I know that the weather is getting nicer and we are (most likely) done with snow.
Rain and Mud!
- Rain boots and mud tracks through the kitchen!
- At our house in Rochester, NY, we know it's spring by the reappearance of tracks.
- Spring? Means Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain, with a chance of Rain.
Flowering Bushes
- We know that Spring is on its way when the Daffodils, Red Buds, and Dogwoods bloom.
- We are on the Gulf Coast and spring here is always heralded by the blooming of azaleas!!!
- Hanging wisteria.
- Ah Spring. Our spring actually happens when the lilac blooms
Spring Babies
- The baby chicks and turkey poults arrived and our first baby goats of the season hit the ground.
The winner of the Weather Lapbook is...
Casey from Bumpin' Along The Road Less Traveled.
I would love for you all to hope over to Casey's blog and see her beautiful images in this recent entry: Evening. You will feel like you have taken a trip to springtime. Lilacs! Wow! Wish I had some of those blooming in my yard right now! Thanks Casey for all your hard work on your blog and hope your family enjoys your Weather Lapbook.
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I also encourage all to pop over the Hearts and Trees and see Amanda's latest art, handicraft, and nature study kit for spring. She did a great job pulling lots of interesting things together this time around!
