I discovered this past weekend that nothing beats the rush of standing out in your yard on an early April day, soaking up sunshine and warmth, and gazing across brilliant green grass up to the budding trees! Just six weeks ago we were under a foot and a half of snow, and hosting a small herd of deer trying to scratch some sustenance from under the frozen blanket. Mercifully, we saw hardly a flake of snow after that weekend, and in recent weeks have enjoyed remarkably warm temperatures and copious sunshine (for this area).Who would have thought that the season's first occasion for what most deem a drudgerous chore would fill me with delight?
As I mowed, Melany began working in the little flower garden beside our house--but not without interruption by Princess Chloe, who demanded adulation as she reclined on the sun-warmed driveway!
I think that if our long winters weren't so desolate and depressing, our spirits wouldn't soar as high as they do in the Spring, and we wouldn't appreciate this wonderful season so much. And with our world so widely plagued with conflict, misery, and fear, perhaps we should regard this time as a blessed portent of better things to come for all mankind:For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. ~ Isaiah 61:11
HAPPY SPRING, EVERYONE!
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3 comments:
Princess Chloe needs to get a job! Lovely photos, I wish we were there...the pollen down here is a monster!
I,too, love Spring! As for the winter, opposition in all things, right? Everything looks beautifully green and fresh there. Wish we were there to experience it with you!
Princess Chloe, indeed! :) I absolutely LOVE spring too: just seeing greener grass and the flowers peeking out of the ground warms my heart! Love the verse from Isaiah, too--it fits perfectly!
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