Early Spring!!

February temperatures were 4 degrees above average. The snow is disappearing before our very eyes. Our snowshoeing days are numbered. Can spring flowers be far away? I photographed these backyard tulips on May 24, 2008. How warm the colours are when contrasted with last week's picture of snow along the Cap-Rouge River. I guess my eye is looking to next season's display of new, vivid colours.
Pentax K10D, focal length 170 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 100, tripod used