First day of spring

The official first day of spring is the same thing as the first day of the year to me. It is when everything begins a new. January first is just another cold ass day when there are still another two and a half months of winter. The grass turns green now, things start growing, plans get put into action, because you can actually go outside and do something, that makes it a new year, not some date on a calendar. And of course the ultimate sign of spring in the Texas hill country, the Blue Bonnets arrive cued up by heaven above! So in honor of spring I've put a fresh coat of paint on the barn, there is a new hive of bees set to arrive next month, some new bird houses are up, and we are ready for spring to start sining it's song.