I love those "tipped" planters, Chelle !
I also love seeing things blooming, going to be waiting a while here yet, I'm afraid... We got another 3 inches of snow this past week while we were out of town, but came home to find that -- and a good bit of the older snow that was still on the ground when we left -- gone. A few things are poking up here and there, rhubarb, Allium giganteum, Dicentra, chives, garlic, daffodils; in the hoop house the corn salad (aka mache) and spinach are continuing to grow where they left off, and some of the lettuce is coming back up. Even out in the open garden a Chinese cabbage plant survived and is beginning to grow again...
and our sandhill cranes are back, as well !