• Maddie Ibsen stocks pansies at O'Toole's Garden Center.
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  • Matt Leavy patiently waits for his wife outside The Cozy Sparrow Gift Shop.
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The first week of spring ended with a chilly, blustery day for Littleton, with rainstorms moving in just in time for Friday night on March 22.

Littletonites, seemingly eager to say so long to a doozy of a winter, roamed the streets regardless.

There weren’t many customers at O’Toole’s Garden Center, though the staff was busily preparing for the return of the springtime hordes.

“It might not look like much yet,” said Maddie Ibsen as she stocked pansies. “But by a month from now it’ll be a madhouse in here.”