2. On the first day that it is sunny and warm enough to open a window or two, you find that there are about fifteen cats in every window. This is in spite of the fact that there are only two cats living with you.
3. You make your weekly batch of soup for lunches the next week, and the recipe does not involve pearl barley.
4. The seeds you ordered arrive...
5. ...you plant them (albeit indoors and under lights), and they sprout! This is always miraculous.
6. Your daffodils start getting themselves organised.
7. You read that the best time to plant peas is when the lilac buds are as big as a mouse's ear. You check the lilacs at your office, and the buds are as big as a mouse's ear! You make plans for Sunday, and a mental note to buy a lilac bush.
8. Your crocuses bloom! This is a very definite sign that spring is almost here.
9. You decide "Bugger housework, I'm going outside to get dirty!". Oh, wait, that actually isn't a seasonal thing for me, but I'm sure you know what I mean.
10. You seriously consider trading in the telly for a clothesline.
11. Life is good.
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