What Is Your Favorite Sign of Spring?

ANSWERS:

• "Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate, to say that for destruction ice is also great, and would suffice." Robert Frost
• Skiing, kayaking and running all in one weekend
  
• It's a tie -- either the birds chirping in the morning or the daffodils!
• A clean bikepath
• Being able to go outside without adding layers!
• People smiling!
• People coming out of the woodwork
• The trees are green (Seth), the sun is warmer (Nina)
• The blooming of spirits
• The smell of freshly mowed grass and newly laid pine for the landscaping
• Redwing blackbirds
• Sage's shirt (Sage is our neighbor)
• Lilacs and cherry blossoms
• Dandelions (Ella), spotted salamanders (Gwen), hot dog stands (Gary)
  
• When people come outside to take in the rays (nice picture!)
• Flowers and smiles
• The sun (2)
  
• Flowers
• Buds (the tree kind)
• Open up my sandbox
• The sound of peepers
• Nice weather
• It means school is almost over
• Nights on the porch
• Peas
• The emergence of creatures
• The smell after the first thaw
• The song birds, peepers and crocuses
• Warm nights
• Chocolate! - Jonah
• The birds chirping
• The Trail Speak sign!
  
• Seeing the green return
• Longer, warmer days, brighter mornings, dry sidewalks and bike paths! - Barb and Jim
• Waking up to new bird sounds...waxwings!
• A tan face
• Sunshine and fresh air, the true smell of spring at last - Alexandre Silberman
• Early morning songbirds singing (Thanks for the great picture of a bird)
• The sun - Jason
• The flowers - Jessica
• First sounds of birds, first sign of flowers (thanks for the pictures!)
• The rain and then the flowers
• Sun! - Christine, Winooski
• Little edges of green underneath the dead grass - HMH, Winooski
• Sampling dog poop buffets
• Spring peepers and maple syrup
• Flowers blooming
• Running out here (on the bike path) again!
• Cool March mornings like the ones I fell in loving during many years ago.
• When you can snowboard in a t-shirt - Taraleigh, B'town
• Blooming skunk cabbage at the north end of the bike path
• The smell of cold wet soil and when the trees are pink with their buds
• Thank you for asking...redwing blackbirds and spring beauties
• All of the birds and the tops of the trees turning red
• No snow, sunshine, smiling faces, birds chirping
• Don't need jackets = feel free and light
• Warm weather
• More sunshine
• Red-winged blackbirds
• The smell of things blooming
• Fine ladies shedding layers
• Bare skin!
• The smell
• The coming of early sprouts of tulips
  
• No more snow! (nice picture)
• This one (meaning the TrailSpeak kiosk)
• Grass and flowers - A.M., age 3
• My 3 year old playing in the dirt with her dump truck in bare feet
• Patios on Church Street
• Mud! For all that it is. For all that it portends. ;-) Yana
• Little birds chirping, growing plant life
• Peeper frogs
• The smell. I'm not sure if I can tell you what it smells just like, but it definitively smells different than winter and as soon as I get a whiff of it, I know it's spring.
• Crocuses
• The geese coming back and the birds singing
• The return of leaves, greenery
• Seeing everyone train for the Vermont City Marathon. We'll see ya on the road.
• The constellation Orion's early disappearance from the night sky ;-)
• Snow!
• Swimming buoys on the waterfront!
• Birds singing. Crocuses. Dirt smells.