Early Arrival of Spring

I thought this is something that is noteworthy.  We have two bushy cherry blossom trees in our front yard.  They are not much of a looker most of the year except of course when they light up pink and white in late March.  They tell us the pending arrival of spring every year and it happens usually around late March.  They bloom a tad earlier than the famous cherry blossom trees at the University of Washington.  This year they surprised me.  The lower buds started to blossom in late February.  It was in full bloom by early March and the flowers perished a week before my Mom came to visit.  It was the earliest since we moved to this house.  It looks like the flowers and trees are about three weeks early this year.  We did have a warm winter.  The kids were disappointed that there were no snow day.  I felt sorry for those people with a season pass at the nearby ski resort.  There was hardly any snow at the mountain.  It might mean that we will have a hot summer.  We, Seattleites, don't mind the hot summer days since we don't get those very often, but I am sure there are certain consequences we have to suffer like higher produce prices and water shortages.  It's just something that was interesting to me.  The nature is quietly telling us something is up.  I want to turn up a notch in becoming more earth-friendly this year.