Spring is springing!

Daffodils are everywhere in Auburn. This is outside of the Shelby Center--the new building where all of my classes and the ISE department are located. Two new engineering/technology buildings are under construction--that's one in the picture's background. Most of the daffodils are probably var. Ice Follies, big single bright yellow blooms. They naturalize well in this area. We've planted some in Poplarville--only 75--and I thought that was a lot--maybe 1000 here?

Flowering trees are also starting to bloom--redbuds, red maples, viburnum, Japanese Magnolia, and others I don't recognize yet. I heard the towhee while walking to class, "drink your teaeeeeeee". We don't have them in New Orleans--not brushy enough. They like to scratch in leaf litter. They are often under my bird feeder. The male is dark and bright and the female is paler brown all over with similar markings.

And, Sunday at 2AM we spring forward for daylight saving's time. That'll make it dark in the morning when Coma and I get up. I'm still not sure why we do this. If someone needs to have more daylight, they can just get up earlier instead of changing the time. That makes sense to me. I've always been an early riser--it doesn't matter what time it is, if birds are singing it's time to get up!