Happy first day of spring! For me spring is like pushing the reset button. This year I feel like I need that more than in the past. I did not enjoy this winter at all, not even a little bit. I felt cooped up and cranky the majority of the time. There was hardly any snow – the least snowy winter in a long time. I think that was a part of my doldrums – I love snow, there is a magical beauty in snow. There was no beauty in this winter. It was dark, gray, bleak. This winter I learned how much I crave sunlight. The best thing I can say about the winter is it wasn’t very cold. So after four months of a complete and total lack of energy or interest in much of anything, I’m hoping to start feeling more re-energized. The days are longer again. There is more sunshine! It feels really good too. Now that there is still daylight when I get home from work I can get out and start walking again, get some fresh air. I can open the windows and air out the house. That is always a welcome relief and the cats love it too. They run from window to window, noses up in the air, letting the breeze blow their whiskers, with their ears pricked forward listening to all the birds. Ahhh, the birds, it is so lovely to be able to hear all the different calls again. All of the animals are starting to perk up as well. The squirrels have a little extra zip; the chipmunks are running around the yard; and there was even a big old opossum wandering around the yard one night. Although it is still very gray, there are signs of life all around. The lilacs have buds on them, the irises are poking up, and soon things will be greening up. So I can be a little more patient, and watch as the beauty slowly makes its way back, and in doing so renews my spirit as well. “She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.” ~A. A. Milne, When We Were Very Young
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4/10/2016 04:23:35 pm
Hi, Darcy! Our winters have been very, very warm recently and sometimes I wonder if we will ever get snow again. The sledge has remained in the shed for many a year. But still, even after a warm winter, it is wonderful to see the primroses and daffodils and feel the warm sun and smell sweet smell again. Who could be cranky under the pale lemon light of primrose?
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Darcy
4/11/2016 07:26:01 pm
Hi Liz:
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