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I love spring! But where are you spring?

Sam B4 Comments

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Hate spring? How could you? I love spring.

I lament that it doesn’t last long enough. As much as allergies bother me, I love the gentle warmth and the gentle light of spring. Soon it will be hot and I’ll be running at night and early morning to avoid the heat. Spring doesn’t last very long in this part of the world. It’s one day snow, the next day hot.

It hit 20 C last week and a friend posted, “I hear Montreal spring was lovely this year. Too bad I missed it while I was in the shower.”

And it also goes back and forth between hot and cold. I’m writing this in a coffee shop in Toronto on the way back between trying on my Friends for Life Bike Rally jersey (please sponsor me!) and catching the train home to London. It’s windy, rainy, 4 degrees, with some chance of “snow flurries.” The forecasts say that at this time of year, as if there were other sorts of flurries.

I’m hoping to ride my bike tomorrow. I’m thinking again about spring riding and limits. Rain? Yes. Cold? Yes. Windy? Yes. But the combo? No way. We’re hoping for cold and calm and sunny.

Spring makes me so very happy. And I’m not alone. See How Warm Weather Influences Our Mood, According To Science if you want actual evidence!
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With Spring Comes Hope!

Tracy I4 Comments
Spring wildflowers. Photo by Julie Callison. From http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/spring-pictures/#/spring-landscapes-wildflowers_33685_600x450.jpg
Spring wildflowers. Photo by Julie Callison. From http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/spring-pictures/#/spring-landscapes-wildflowers_33685_600x450.jpg

Yesterday I had an idea born of a kind of weariness that’s come from all of our (including my own) grumbling about this endless winter.  The idea was this:  from now until at least the end of April, I’m only going to post about empowering, positive, optimistic, and hopeful things.

To me, that’s the spirit of spring.  We get to wash away the winter blahs and blues.  People get a fresh energy in their eyes, in their gait.  The sounds of birds replace the beeping of snow plows in reverse.  Instead of treading warily on slick ice, we step with confidence onto bare pavement.  Instead of keeping our heads down to brace from the wind, we begin to notice the new life all around us.  Faces turn to the sun. You get the idea.  Renewal. Optimism. Hope.

The calendar says it’s spring even if the weather didn’t get the memo.

So consider this post a heads up. If you need a lift on Tuesdays or Thursdays, you can count on me for the next little while to do my best to provide you with one.

For today, I’ll just leave you with this amazing National Geographic webpage that I found when I punched into a search engine: “images spring flowers garden.”

You can find it here.  And here’s another sneak preview:

Photograph by Inne R Hardjanto, My Shot Tulips at Keukenhof Garden near Lisse, Netherlands.
Photograph by Inne R Hardjanto, My Shot
Tulips at Keukenhof Garden near Lisse, Netherlands.

 

Enjoy!