The first sign of spring?

[Big Frank]

The first sign of spring? DST - Daylight Stupid Time. Pretending it's a different time than it is for 2/3 of the year. Why not for the whole year? Or would that somehow defeat "the purpose" of it? How about none of the time , like 2/3 of the other countries in the world? I know everyone is tired of hearing it, but I'm still going to complain about it. Now Germany is only 5 hours ahead of Michigan instead of 6, but since I haven't made a transatlantic call in 41 years, it doesn't make any difference.

The second sign of spring? I have crocuses, or croci if you prefer, blooming in my back yard. It seems like they used to be bluer, but I'm brain damaged and partly colorblind, so I can't be sure. If the grape hyacinth in the front yard ever comes back again it will be bluer and a lot darker than this. This isn't the same variety of crocus that saffron comes from, but if it was you can be sure I wouldn't mow it down. At around 20 bucks a gram, that comes out to ~$9,000 a pound. I would proudly pick a pound of powdery pistils. Wouldn't you like to retire on saffron money and enjoy the rest of your life?

The third sign of spring? Spring will be here in about a week and a half. It's already in the 60s, but technically speaking, winter isn't over yet. And this IS Michigan, so anything is possible. I won't be taking the snowplow off my ATV just yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus

[alfsauve]

My sister has become a master gardener, so now I get gentle reminders as to how we mispronounce some of the names.  According to her.

Crow cue sis.  accent on 2nd syllable. 

It reminds me when medical "professionals" were pronouncing cm as Saw-nta Meter.