Despite the mostly bare tree branches, I think it’s safe to say that it’s Spring. For one thing, there’s robins. Daffodils are popping up all over, a thin film of pollen covers nearly everything, and each day our world looks a tiny bit brighter and greener. While nature does her greening blossoming thing, we humans have our own ways of marking the change of seasons. We shove skis and snow boots and puffy coats to the back of our closets, reacquaint ourselves with neighbors we’ve hardly seen since the first frost, set our adirondack chairs out in the sun, and fire up our grills.
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