Signs of Spring

These steps in the garden have appeared from the snow. Spring slowly arrives.
Earlier today I was out walking and heard a high toned honking from the sky. I searched around and spotted a swan, wheeling around above a ice-covered lake. S/he’s got here too early I thought, but then the swan banked steeply and dropped down into a tiny area of open water at the outlet of the lake. So maybe the swan was exactly on time, because that outlet is where the swans nest. Time for repairs or renovation before the other swan arrives?