When it was almost here

This is the time of year when it seems a sunny day makes the garden grow before your eyes. When trees go from bare to blossom-covered within a matter of hours.  Today, it was over 60 degrees and full-on spring in Seattle.  So much in bloom and green everywhere.  I do love this season.

But I also really like the part of spring where it's just beginning to break loose of winter.  Where only a few flowers are brave enough to show their faces.  Where the trees, for the most part, still look bare and you are surprised by the occasional tree in bloom.  Here are a few photos that I snapped a couple weeks ago of spring on the cusp.