Waiting for water

This winter was especially hard on plants. Nov and Dec brought heavy snow, which didn’t get a chance to melt until late March. My front “lawn” was mostly killed by the snow and the shovel-thrown salt from the sidewalk. Yesterday I noticed a few barely visible sprouts in the dirt. Overnight we had 1/3″ of nice steady rain, ending an hour ago. Right now the lawn is solid green. Those sprouts were just waiting for water.