Seasons

Usually spring makes a quiet entrance here,
Unlike the month of March
Which marches through like a lion...
or a lamb.

April creeps in with the rains
And brings an explosion of colors
That leans toward the sun.

May brings pale green crape paper-like leaves
that unfold at the end of branches as they
Reach for the sun.

I love the newness of the season.

Summer's Ending

Summer is winding down into a quiet but warm ending. We did not have much of the hot, steamy weather that the last few years have offered but it still had that summer wonder only a little greener one since we had lots of rain!

This school year will begin like it did when I was a kid, after Labor Day. Because of the new law that sent the school year back to that September start time the summer is longer and those first few days of school are not quite so warm and hard to take.

My garden has taken a trip toward the end of the season as well through less flowers and some brownin, fading leaves. I am beginning the clean-up that is necessary for putting this small plot of land to bed for the the coming winter season. The changes of seasons have always fascianted me and this year is no different. Each change brings the new in with a chance for a fresh start. I'm really loooking forward to that.

Spring - I Want It!

I'm dreaming of the spring air that excites simply by wafting that incredible smell of the earth under your nose by the breezes of some considerate seasonal zephyrs. Isn't it funny how that simple yearning for spring can almost give you that smell that really excites you?

I can imagine everyone on Monday morning bundled up because of the weather but walking in that cold late winter air with noses in the air smelling the tendrils of the coming season.

Maybe if we all do it we might entice spring to make an early entrance! Oh, yea!