One of the delights of living in Greensboro is the temperate climate. While our summers tend to the hotter than some (or hotter than Hell on some days) our brief, usually mild winters make up for them.

After having borne the shock of a Southern girl who moved to Boston years ago, experienced winters that seemed to start mid-September, continue through the holidays, past what should have been Spring and then finally took leave around July, Greensboro is Home, Sweet Home every year about this time.

While snow blowers and salt trucks and parkas and barren landscapes are being experienced by vast parts of the country, we’ll be seeing crocuses emerge any day now around here. (Sorry, ya’ll from other regions, but it’s true.)

As I type this, mid-morning in early February, the temperature is 61 degrees outside. And the photos above were shot at Bicentennial Garden on my way to work.

Birds singing, trees budding, the Carolina/Duke basketball game tonight – spring is just about here.

So, this week’s poll question is: What’s the 1st sign of spring for you?