When we bought the house we live in, it was winter. We actually moved in on a Christmas day, few years ago. As naive, new home owners we treaded gently around the house, to get to know it. It took me years to get familiar to the space. There is a lot of getting to know each other moment that happened through the years. This is one of the first and my favorite.
After the first dark, bleak few days of winter after we bought the house, this was the first flower to bloom in our yard (planted by previous owner). I did not find out the name of the flower until recently.
It greets me every year, at exactly the time, when I get tired of winter, to cheer me up that spring is around the corner.