No signs of spring

I went out yesterday, with the hope of finding some (or at least one) signs of spring*. After all, this is southern Sweden, and the days are getting longer, and it's not incredibly cold** anymore. However, I found nothing but a (very beautiful indeed) winter:




At this point in time, the sign seems somewhat meaningless.




A bunch of pretty cool snow formations hanging on the tree branches... This is probably the closest you'll ever come to tree-living snakes in Sweden.


A broken tree.




And some pretty amazing skies at dusk.

*It was suggested that it could be taken as a sign of spring that soccer season has started. I don't quite know how I feel about that...

** I have found my warm mittens that were gone for quite some time.