It maybe has begun, that is if things work out ok.

The difference a few days can make.

 It wasn't long ago there wasn't enough road to see.

  

We still have some massive piles of snow and sidewalks are lined like hallways.

 Look, only a few days above freezing and we can see road.   

everything looks so very big out there, maybe there will be a spring.

I've never been so happy to see dirt and dead grass.
I've been hoping for the day when I could breeze across asphalt on rubber without the constant buzz of studs.  Intuitively accelerate across a road rather than search and gingerly navigate through the ice channels on a parking lot or a the rough patches on a trail.

It's heaven, that's what springtime is, rebirth, regeneration, a great day rolling forward.

Before rolling anywhere forward, read this rather inspiring story about the 

Prime minister of the Netherlands who rides his bike to work everyday. 

I like that the Iranians felt embarrassed to meet 

 a national leader who doesn't travel with an entourage.