The only thing that doesn't look enough like
the first day of May,
is the bare trees. It's been cold and wintry for so long
that the trees are JUST NOW budding with new green leaves,
many remain bare.

But after several straight days of spring rains
and cloudy skies,
today the sun comes out
and EVERYTHING perks up. It's pretty as a picture.

The blossoming shrubs and trees, like the forsythia and dogwood,
still have blossoms on them.