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Friday, March 18, 2011

Signs Of Spring, Goodbye to Winter

Yesterday, it was warm enough to lay out in the sun. Winter really feels like its on its way out. The time for reflection and planning is switching into a time of activity and excitement. Sap is running up and down the maple trees--- one of the first, and sweetest harvests. The ground is beginning to thaw. The scent of the earth is becoming unfroze, and starting to travel with the breeze. The harsh, biting north wind has relinquished to the a warmer, softer southern wind. I remember the night that it happened- or at least the night I noticed it, a while back in February. I was driving at night, and saw it was windy.  I prepared for a cold blast from the north, and was surprised to feel the warmth on my face, instead of the usual chill. 





 It is winters bite that makes spring and summer embrace so welcome- a pattern repeated in the natural world many times over. 


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