The First Day of Spring in Pictures.

This last year,

I celebrated

the winter solstice

the autumnal equinox

and the summer solstice.

I'm so grateful

that the internet told me this morning

that it was the vernal equinox,

or I would have missed it.

 Wearing sandals

in 30 degree weather

because it's the first day of spring:

Priceless.

2 feet inside the front door

of Walmart.

To everyone obsessed with Frozen:

Let it go. 

 First time filling out a bracket.

I love things

where I get to make

lots of arbitrary choices.

Looks like

I was feeling good

about Villanova

at the time.

 Why, yes.

I'm glad you asked.

This is a cat

holding a genie's lamp

that is emitting flowers.

Looks like that cat

wished for the first day of spring.

(Happy birthday, Alyssa!)

Ran 10 miles straight

for the first time in my life.

Passed this beauty.

 This strawberry

exactly resembles the one

that Cindy Lou Who gets

in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

It would later become

an integral component

of my strawberries and cream.

To bid winter goodbye,

I ceremonially threw out

the dead flowers I've had

for two months.

Now, listen to this:

Congratulations!

It's really

and truly

and officially spring.

I'm so happy I could cry.