SIGNS OF SPRING   It won’t be very long now  Til winter skies turn blue;  Til North winds change direction;  And groundhog dreams come true.   The days are getting longer;  The mercury’s rising higher;  Seed catalogs in the mailbox  Every gardener to inspire.   The purple crocus are pushing  Up through cracks in frozen ground,  And bird watchers are excited  To see robins coming ‘round.   But one sure sign of early spring  And that the sun is playing for keeps  Is a present from my husband -  My first box of  marshmallow Peeps!   He knows they are my favorite-  These chicks without a nest,  And that of all the pastels  I like the yellow ones best.   There’s something about that first box  When winter turns to spring;  My heart melts like the snowy ground  And my soul begins to sing.   That box of sticky goodies  Is such a tasty treat,  A token of his love for me  A remembrance very sweet   That we’ve come through another winter  Forty-three since we were wed,  And life just keeps getti...