April showers rule the week. Five days of measurable rain gave us 1.37", morning temps mostly in the 30s or 40s. Plants are responding - early spring flowers are blooming while others are coming back for another year. 
New England has mostly been spared from intense and extreme weather this week. Flooding from torrential rains, high damaging winds and tornadoes have weakened as the weather patterns moved eastward. Yet climate changes are bringing spring conditions earlier than "normal" (noting that changes have redefined the term normal). 
Several early spring plants are in full bloom or close to it. My forsythia is sprouting its buds, my neighbor's is in full bloom. Andromeda flowers are beginning to open, daffodils are blooming and other little spring bulbs are sprouting bright blue flowers. Hayfields in locations north of here are turning green while closer to home, golf courses and lawns are also coming back to life. 
My mason bee houses responded to one warm sunny day this week - a few early bees were breaking out and a few of those found the Andromeda flowers (it amazes me how they do that every year!). 
It's clear - spring has sprung.