April showers bring May flowers; it has been a showery week. The rain gauge was dry only two days this week. The precipitation was modest, only 0.52" total. Temps are getting warmer, three overnight temps stayed in the 50s, only once did it get below freezing. 
Plants are responding to the spring conditions. Crocus are blooming while other bulbs are pushing up through the soil. Daffodils and tulips are growing in earnest while buds on trees are getting plump. Andromeda blossoms are almost completely open which usually means the mason bees will follow soon behind (I've been checking every day). Forthysia buds will open soon as well.
Some friends have said they have seen robins already and a few showed up here this week too. Other songbirds have been growing in numbers. Squirrels and rabbits are joined by the woodchuck. 
Spring has (definitely) sprung. Yet the snowboard is still in place, just in case. It has snowed around here in April many times over the years.