I believe that the first today of Spring is this Friday the 20th. In the Midwest, the greens are beginning to pop through the brown underbrush and reach as far as they can towards the warmth of the strengthening sun. The sky remains trapped between Winter and Spring but the occasional deep blue is beginning to overtake the multi layered clouds of March. The glorious rebirth of Dogwoods and Queen Ann's Lace is about to begin! None too soon.