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Craig Bassam, chief designer and co-owner, left, and Scott Fellows, co-owner, of BassanFellows in their headquarters, studio, and gallery, a repurposed Philip Johnson building in Ridgefield, Conn. The exhibition Modern In Your Life: Design and Art will be at the Schlumberger Building from July 9 to September 4. Ridgefield, Conn. Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

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Spring fever: First crocus blooms on Olmstead Lane

The Ridgefield Press

Feb. 20, 2017Updated: June 18, 2019 4:28 a.m.

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Warm weather Sunday brought crowds to Ridgefield's downtown, and helped build anticipation for this spring with flowers beginning to bloom around town.

On Olmstead Lane, a crocus flower was seen rising from the snow melt.

That wasn't the only flower budding up to indicate spring is coming: