A new record

In 2010, these daffodils opened on April 3rd. And that was two weeks earlier than in 2009. This year, they were open when I arrived home on March 20th: two weeks earlier again. The anemones are flowering, too:

Quite a contrast from the same week in 2008, when the hayfield looked like this:

Of course the disadvantage of all this warmth is that the weeds are actively growing, too...