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The First Day of Spring

Posted by Randomguru | Filed under Zen Musings

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.

Tagged : bloom, flowers, Poetry, seasons, spring, Zen Musings

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