Green. It is a color that many of us living in Orange County would associate with palm trees and grass.

But until recently, everything has been brown, including our lawns, the hillsides along the coast and the landscape of the canyons.

But now things are definitely different. After years of little or no rain, we have finally received our share of it — and then some. With the rain came a new color, green. The hills are alive and the plants seem to be breathing a sigh of relief with the rest of us.

Hopefully green is here to stay for a while. Get out and see it while it’s here, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the color of spring.