Spring 2011 has arrived

So the time change just occurred, spring officially does not arrive until next week, but I know that spring showed up last weekend here in Oregon.  Two weeks ago we had a layer of snow coating the valley.  Crocus flowers were punching through the snow layer indicating that spring was around the corner.

Fast forward one week and the snow is gone and I find a honey bee checking out an open crocus.  This is the first honey bee I have seen this year.  The next day I find that the one bee has told all his friends about the flowers and over a dozen bees are buzzing around.

Seeing the bees buzzing around let me know that spring had arrived.  Looks like it is time to switch from thinking about skiing/snowboarding to cycling and kayaking.