The First Day of Spring
Written by Carlos Rull. Follow me on Twitter.
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.
~Emily Dickinson
First off, I wrote a post about Spring three years ago entitled, The Advent of Spring, that I thought you might be interested in.
Today is the first day of Spring! Plants come out of their dormancy, and the flowers begin to bloom, and the days become sunny and warm. As a born-again gardener, I think my favorite season is Spring. And I feel like my spirit is beginning to come alive, and my heart feels the joy, at the coming of Spring.
Wikipedia.org defines Spring as follows:
Spring is one of the four temperate seasons. Spring falls between winter and summer.
There are different views on when the season starts and finishes.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states that spring comprises “in the northern hemisphere usually the months of March, April, May, or as reckoned astronomically extending from the vernal equinox (March 20) to the June solstice (June 20).”. The Southern Hemisphere experiences spring during the months of September, October, and November.
The actual dates vary depending on the year from March 20 or 21 to June 20 or 21 for Northern hemisphere and from September 20 or 21 to December 20 or 21 for the Southern hemisphere.
So finally…
Spring is in the air. I had a rough winter. It rained a lot for San Diego weather. And it was cold the last few weeks. Not only that, I suffered with congestion and flu… I succumbed to viruses. But now I’m feeling 100% back to a healthy state, and it’s Spring!
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
~Robert Frost
Time to seriously work in the garden… planting bulbs of all sorts and anticipating the flowers. Digging up the weeds. Conditioning the soil. Rejuvenating the garden to be productive and vibrant.
It is a time of renewal… a time of rebirth.
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Spring has sprung! Enjoy every day Carlos! ;-)
One day at a time. God bless you, man! :o)
Right on Carlos, by the way I have a new redirect out there in cyberspace, http://music4now.com/alssucks that goes to Splog, but that will probably get refocused… ;-)
yup, the leaves are growing trees…it’s nice to hear you sounding so chipper!
what bulbs are you thinking of planting? i’m also craving some more flowers. i have some on my balcony but they’re all unscented…any ideas for scented ones? (i might add none of my fingers are green, so any particularly sturdy ones you know of would be good ^^)
tokyo rose: i picked up some Lily bulbs so i have to plant them right away so that they’ll be blooming by late Spring, early Summer. they have a very fragrant scent. and supposedly they’re pretty hardy and easy to grow.
pat: cool re-direct! how’d you do that?
I googled redirect java and up popped up several choices, here is the script:
For Head:
For Body:
Pretty slick! 2000 is 2 seconds, I just changed it to 500, it should be 1/2 second.
http://www.web-source.net/javascript_redirect.htm
the code got stripped, I should have known, but the link has the raw script,
lilies!! great idea, i love their scent. i’ll give it a try…thanks ^-
Gardening is good for the soul. There’s just something joyous about watching the progression from seed/bulb/seedling to a full bloom.
pat: i’ll have to check all that code out. seriously.
tokyorose: yes, try the lilies. i’ll let you know how mine are turning out. i just planted them over the Easter weekend.
ali: i totally agree… gardening is good for the soul, and i’m really beginning to feel that. it’s a wonder that it took me so long to realize that, but i might not have been ready to appreciate it fully.
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