"While the vernal equinox was still more than three weeks away, trout lilies and spring beauties -- traditional harbingers of spring along Bolin Creek -- had already poked up through the leaves and smiled brightly last month. Was it the warm winter, global warming or simply the traditional change of seasons that brought out the first beautiful wildflowers of the year? Come on down to the creek and revel in the joy of nature!"

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