Spring 2009 started on December 27, 2008
So, I am in the back yard, having a restful moment, doing a little listening meditation. Picking out one sound and then another from the actual cacophony that is a quiet winter afternoon deep in the country. Assorted calling birds, rustling leaves, chattering squirrels, and a deep underlying hum. A hum you can feel in your bones – a very deep hum. A hum that sends my brain a signal “look up” and I do and there above me is a tree full of bees. Buzzing, humming bees, flitting from flower to flower, busily going about their little bee lives. A very pleasant thing to watch and hear.
Except it is but two days after Christmas and not time yet for Spring. Two Springs in
one calendar year? If it were just an early blooming tree, it would be curious, but add in the bees and it is downright disturbing. Adding in the bees you get flowers+bees which = a system. A system is nature working, not just a freakishly early blooming tree. This system, going about its work with no care for the calendar, indicates true Spring as far as I am concerned.
I just want the world to be aware that 2008 had two Springs! Consider yourselves warned informed.
Georgiaberry says:
mom I love you. Its 2009! Love, Cecily
nanny says:
wow, what if the january thaw is really spring!!!
wow we better hope that summer does not get too hot!!
Sis says:
I too noticed the total lack of respect these flying insects have for our seasonal expectations! The wasps around my house think it is late June and it is only March!