Longer days

Here's to the longer days of spring. Okay, it's not quite spring yet, but can't you feel it in the air?
I'm sitting at my computer with the sliding glass window wide open. The air smells fresh and sweet. Unlike foggy days, the sounds are sharp and clear. I can hear the loud caw of a crow and a the extraordinary run up and down the notes of a mockingbird. Bugs have joined into the act. Crickets are playing their familiar music, a cross between a saw and a tickling of a stringed instrument.
What about those sights? Amazing. Gone are the days of muted shades. With spring the color knob is cranked up high to dazzling. The dark, dusty greens become brilliant, and oh, what about the flowers? Everywhere the trees seem to explode with life and gifts.
Speaking of gifts, what does spring taste like? To me, spring tastes like fruit. Juicy fruit that we haven't had in our mouths for a while. Strawberries, tangerines, and the like, not quite as flavorful as summer, but getting there. Oh yeah, close enough to taste.
So, as you have probably guessed, it's your turn. What does spring mean to you?