The last two days have been miserably rainy and kind of cold, keeping me pretty much confined to the house. Days like that always make me feel tired and blah, so I was very happy to see the sun shining this morning when I woke up. When I headed into town to complete some errands, I was also very happy to see a few little Drummond’s phlox flowers (Phlox drummondii) blooming in the sun. I have to wonder if the rain from the last two days didn’t help them to get started. To me, the first phlox flowers pretty much signal that it’s springtime. Yes, it’s still a bit cool, especially at night, but now that they have started, it won’t be long before the roadsides all over this area are covered in them. It really is quite spectacular and very pretty. As an aside, I did also see some azaleas starting to bloom as well, but they were in someone’s yard, so I couldn’t take any images. Azaleas sometimes will begin to bloom before the last frost of the year, but for both to be blossoming is a great sign that spring is on its way very soon.