Slowly greening grass, hillsides painted with brightly colored jonquils and budding trees of many hues are some of the signs that spring is on the way to Tallahatchie County.
Already, we have been enjoying daily high temperatures in the low to mid 70s, with nighttime lows in the upper 50s to low 60s, which means farmers and home gardeners alike can start revving up their engines and readying their implements for the imminent start of the spring planting season.
Old Man Winter and Father Time may yet conspire to throw Mother Nature a curveball, but all signs suggest that the frosty fingers of wintertime have lost their cyclical grip on the Deep South.
The calendar lists the first official day of spring as Friday, March 20, but clearly the season of rebirth is already signaling a triumphant entry.
