Yes!! I have bulbs trying to push there way up. Every day they get a bit taller. Soon enough there will be an explosion of color.
Nine more days?? From what I have read in your posts and the pictures I have seen I would say you are all in Spring already. Albeit in spirit and so are your gardens as they are all willing spring to come. :-D
Spring in Ohio is much like this. It was 53 F when I left to go exercise at 6 am. I got home at 8:30 and it's 36 F and still dropping!