Dove and robins heard when I walked outside at 5:50 (EST) this morning. When I went out to walk Bella at 9:30, I found the first few forsythia flowers open on the south side of the yard. Grape hyacinths are turning blue in the north garden. In the Dakotas, a tremendous blizzard has shut down roads and services. At Fargo, sandbaggers are attempting to stop the Red River from flooding the town.