Shock of Spring

After a long Ann Arbor winter (and this year, with the highest snowfall in recorded history), that spring would come at all comes as a shock. We all knew with our minds that spring would come, but our surprise at its advent just shows that our hearts doubted nonetheless. Amazing phenomenon. Here's the very first flower to bloom in our yard. Don't worry, when I picked it, there were others blooming, so I didn't return the yard to a completely denuded state.