Especially when you live in a climate like northern New England, you can find winter dragging on. Really dragging on. Never mind that by this time of year, we’re getting as much sunlight as we do in late October. The snow often remains deep, and the frost heaves on the country roads are just beginning.
Sometimes you can cheat, though. That’s where I try forcing bulbs to bloom indoors early. Daffodil, iris, hyacinth, especially, or paperwite, in a room where my elder daughter won’t be offended by its aroma. A personal thing, you know.
My wife, meanwhile, goes for the amaryllis, hopefully in time for Easter.
Jnana's Red Barn 
We do the same up here in Northern NH
paperwhites blooming on my dining table…a sign of spring amid the blizzard!