Not even the Ides of March...

and it's been over 80 degrees, I've mowed the lawn already - and my shovel has a stress fracture!

Violets have taken over multiple sections of the yard -

and just hours after taking pictures of a neighbors flowering quince, I realized I have a 'volunteer' plant of my own.

I didn't plant it; I've lived here for 24 years and have never seen it before... but there's no doubt that, while it's small, it's thriving!

And, I noticed more than a dozen robins hopping around the yard tonight...

It's clearly spring...

although not everyone looks pleased about it;

maybe he was just objecting to having his own paparazzi.