Signs of Spring

Apparently, Osprey sightings are among the first signs of spring in the Carolina Lowcountry.

One of the local energy companies even has a live Osprey webcam.

Here are some other signs of spring that made me giggle:

Already, we've had the first annual spotting of a painted bunting. That's another "sign of spring" in the Lowcountry. In our brains, we all know the real signs of spring haven't arrived yet.

• Our cars, yards and children are not yet covered with a yellow film of pine pollen.
• Spartina grass is still solid brown.
• Songbirds aren't yet flitting and flirting.
• Carolina jasmine vines aren't in bloom.
• Daffodil fields aren't yet a waving sea of yellow.
• Herons and egrets haven't slipped into their breeding plumage.
• Azaleas haven't even been teased into a premature bloom, much less set our yards ablaze.
• And the thermometer hasn't yet hit 100.