over the hump

The season is well on its way to changing.

Today I saw my first-of-the-year robin, vulture, juvenile salamander and wee crawdad. The daffodils broke the surface a few weeks back, and a faint green tint can be seen on the mountains in the right light.

[Addendum, 2014-03-07]
It started snowing at about 6 PM, and by this morning we had 1.5" of heavy wet snow. The temperature never fell quite to freezing. Rocko and I went down to the creek anyway and got good and wet. My gloves and parka needed washing anyway.