Looking for Signs of Spring

It has been so cold here in the northeast of America.  The month of January has been stinging cold.  I am sort of thankful that I was laid off at the end of December because I don't have to get up early to go out to work in the frigid cold.  Except for job interviews and going to buy groceries, I pretty much have not been going outdoors.  I am catching up on a tremendous amount of reading and enjoying watching old movies.  
      

I have had enough of the cold and I am looking for any signs of spring.  The only signs so far is that the days are getting longer.  Since the winter solstice we have gained 35 minutes of daylight.  
 

For any other signs of spring I will have to settle for pictures for now.
 

Photos courtesy of Alice is Wonderful.