A Cool But Splendid Spring in the Northeast I had a rare moment to walk in the woods and breath the unusually cool spring air this morning and noted, thanks to my naturalist spouse, Lisa Mechaley, that the Canada mayflower (a.k.a. false lily of the valley) was bursting forth. What's blooming near you this spring? Send links to your photos on Instagram, Twitpic, Flickr, Facebook or other online venues and I'll add them. As you can see in the National Climatic Data Center records for March, a cool (or hot) spring in one place and year has little meaning if your concerns are with long-term climate change, so let's not get into that in the comments here, please.