Signs and Other Signs of Spring

The blue hand-painted sign alone makes me want to buy a bluebird house. 

Spring has arrived in Waterloo County! I can say that with certainty after experiencing the sunshine and warmth of the past few days. The growth and color in the world of nature has just popped. While on a drive through the countryside today, I reveled in the sights characteristic of this most delightful season. I'm happy to share some of those sights with you via this series of photos:  

A slow-moving vehicle sign isn't necessarily a sign of spring, but there were 

greenhouse plants on the floor of the buggy, so this scene counts. 

I bought the lovely fern plant from this little 

roadside house of green. 

New life towers over markers of death. 

Weeping willow green is one of my favorite spring colors.

This tiny picturesque church stood across the road from 

the previously pictured graveyard. 

Farm scenes like this one are abundant along the back roads in this region.

Glorious magnolia.

I guess church steeples, as well as farm scenes, took my eye today. 

I returned home from my drive to find spring beauty in "my own backyard".

The first blooms to show up in our orchard are on the Vista Bella apple trees.

My neighbor's sun-painted beauties. 

Maple leaves unfolding tender and fragile as a new baby.

O Spring, you are very welcome here!

If spring hasn't arrived in your area yet, I'm sure it will very soon. What's your favorite sign of its arrival?