Oscars: the first sign of Spring

I went to visit my sister this weekend, and in the pacific northwest, mere days after the conclusion of the winter Olympics just a few miles and an international border north, spring is springing.  Take a look:

These are just a few of the buckets and buckets and buckets of flowers at the Pike Place Market.  (They sell fish there, too.)   Add to that the crocuses (croci?) daffodils and cherry blossoms gracing my sister's front yard, and you know spring is ridiculously impatient this year. (Of c...