I bundled up and went for a walk in a snowstorm Saturday morning – and everywhere saw telltale signs of spring. In utter defiance of the snow and cold, the crocuses, daffodils and tulips were popping up everywhere in my garden. Since I live in the heart of downtown, I claim Temple Square as my garden.

As I walked up the crooked streets of my favorite eclectic neighborhood, West Capitol Hill, a large flock of robins, at least 100 birds, flitted around a group of trees. Interestingly, a number of starlings were intermingled with the robins. The starlings, many of which stay around though the winter, were either welcoming the robins back from warm southern climes, or they were laughing at them for arriving just in time for a snowstorm.

I walked around the Capitol toward City Creek Canyon and remembered the biggest of all harbingers of spring: The Legislature is almost finished.

Surely, sunny days are ahead.