
Spring is here ... kind of —
Springtime has arrived, but some parts of the country didn't get the memo. iReporter Caleb Clark shared a photo from his snowy walk to work in Brattleboro, Vermont, on Wednesday, March 20, the first day of spring.

Spring is here ... kind of —
...and for iReporter Dave Nyquist in Michigan, spring looks like this.

Spring is here ... kind of —
This spring bunny wonders where the grass has gone as he sits on a snowy lawn in upstate New York. Zeynep Rice and her husband spied on the furry fellow and pondered when spring will really begin.

Spring is here ... kind of —
But iReporter Rachel Cauvin shows how not even the snow can stop some flowers from blooming. The ground may be frozen over, but these witch hazels still break through.

Spring is here ... kind of —
Soon enough, the snow will go away and the cherry blossoms will bloom. Well, at least that's what's happening in Deanna Veramendi's neighborhood in Sacramento, California.

Spring is here ... kind of —
As the earth shakes off the cold, wild creatures bound with new vitality. Lonna Fisher patiently waited in front of her Rough Rum, West Virginia, home to photograph this nuthatch snacking on a sunflower seed.

Spring is here ... kind of —
"Nature seems to remind us that our lives evolve," says David McLaughlin from Novato, California. He used a photographic practice called bokeh to selectively feature one bloom of a crab apple tree while letting the rest fall out of focus.

Spring is here ... kind of —
Blossoming buds herald the start of spring. Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian captured a flowering redbud tree in Texas on the first day of spring.

Spring is here ... kind of —
Some people, like Polly Irungu in Eugene, Oregon, are excited about spring because it means summer is around the corner. "I love spring because everyone seems to be nicer," she says.

Spring is here ... kind of —
Lauren Chmiel from Las Vegas doesn't have to go far to enjoy the sight of blooming flowers. She captured these pink daisies in her backyard.

Spring is here ... kind of —
"The sweetest smelling blossoms" of the orange tree tantalized Kathi Cordsen as she walked through her backyard on the first day of spring, she said. Nearby in her garden is a lantana bush, seen here.


