8-)
It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that I’ve been thinking about Spring recently. The fact that temperatures haven’t gotten above 30 for a week now (and that I went out & took a bunch of pictures, yesterday, some of which you'll see tomorrow) have just kind of added to the feeling of “enough, already” that seems to be flowing through my veins.
Sigh.
My musings about spring has allowed me
to realize something, as well. We actually have two different
“Springs” up here. The first part comes after the snow melts but
before the leaves come out, while the second starts after the leaves
come out. The first “part” of our “spring”, I think, may be
the one time of the year that the U.P. doesn’t shine with natural
beauty. The trees are bare, the grass is brown, the streets are
covered with the remains of a dozen winter coatings of sand, and all
the garbage thoughtless people dropped during the last few months
just lies on the sidewalks. While the span is only a few weeks long,
the U.P. just doesn’t look like the U.P. then. It looks like,
well, downstate.
The second “part” of our “spring”,
though, is amazing. The streets have been cleaned. The garbage has
been picked up. The grass is turning green, and the leaves are
starting to burst, all signs of the glorious beauty in which we’ll
get to live during the next few months. Some years, the second
coming of Spring arrives early; others, not so much. But when it
finally does show up; well, then all is right in the world. Or at
least our little part of it.
But first, it has to grace us with its
presence. Keep your fingers crossed that Spring (both parts of it)
will show up. I just hope that “Spring” realizes we need it
sooner rather than later.
Or at least I really do...
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