March can be a rough month filled with thoughts of summer dashed by three feet of snow. For anyone who's thinking that spring will never come, I offer you these snapshots of the forsythia witch hazel that bloomed this weekend in Post Office Park. It gives me hope that warmer weather is just around the corner. In fact, the season officially changes this Friday. Should you want to celebrate in true Mainer style, then make a plan to head out of the city this weekend when Maple Syrup Sunday comes to a sugar shack near you.

UPDATE: Turns out my plant ID skills need some fine-tuning. This lovely yellow bedecked plant is not forsythia, as I previously reported, but witch hazel. Thank you to all the sharp-eyed horticulturists out there!