Spring starts with the simplest of music, liberated once again after months of cold and darkness.
(Photo by Tom Houlihan/The Chronicle)
It’s just a few sweet notes, articulated overhead. But when you hear them, it’s clear the winter is just about over.
The cardinals are back.
Not that they have ever really gone away, of course. Like us, they are tough animals capable of dealing with snow and ice, the polar vortex and a seemingly endless collection of gray, freezing days.
As the days grow . . .
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