Look what I found this morning in our garden! OK. So it doesn't look like much.
But to me, a sunshine-deprived uprooted Californian, this little asparagus screams "SPRING IS HERE!"
It popped up sometime between late yesterday afternoon and this morning, and was waiting for me when I did my daily microscopic inch-by-inch inspection of the asparagus beds, hoping and praying for signs of spring. Because asparagus doesn't lie, nor does it mess around.
Welcome spring. We've missed you.