What Happened?

WHAT HAPPENED?

Yesterday spring began.

The sun shone bright once again.

Robin red-breast sang.

Daffodils finally sprang.

Today winter returned

early in the morn.

Winter coats again worn

by youngsters and those grown.

Though the sun is shining bright

today temperatures feel like night.

It doesn't seem quite right.

We long for spring's delights.

We count the days to spring

then winter comes again

when the cold north wind

and icy snowflakes ping.

Spring waits while winter holds on.

Even the birds are gone.

Ice is seen on the pond.

There are no ducks upon.

Spring has taken a back seat.

Today no robins are heard tweet.

Perhaps because they have cold feet

or maybe the earthworms went deep.

Spring will awaken

but first it must open

both its eyes again

to see the robins...

who open their wings and fly across the land

with the "good news" that spring is here again

delighting men, women and children.

When you see the robins, spring is here once again.

* * * * *

Each day in January is one day closer to spring!

We can't wait for the delights spring promises to bring.

The sun shines bright

melting the white

snow that fell

in the dell.

(Just a couple of months ago we were excited to see

last season's first snowflakes fall on the evergreen tree.)

Temperatures will warm

and songbirds will return.

Bulbs sprout

wanting out

of the brown earth

to give birth

to a rainbow of flowers

fed by a warm spring shower.

The air smells fresh and clean.

Daffodils and tulips preen.

Gardeners can't wait to dig in

the soil in their garden.

Five months ago they put their gardens to bed.

Now it's time to begin removing what's dead.

A cycle of life completed over the winter

with new life ready to being all over.

Such it is with humans too.

Everyday there's something new.

There also might be the end of something

as no one knows what a day will bring.

Some have come to the end of life

while this year new ones will begin life.

Planned in the beginning by God, who is our Creator,

who gives us seasons in life – spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

The flowers appear on the earth;

the time of the singing of birds is come,

and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land.

Song of Songs 2:11-12(KJV)

I will send you rain in its season,

and the ground will yield its crops

and the tress of the field their fruit.

Leviticus 26:4

The Spirit of God has made me;

the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 33:4

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

 

Though mid-February, the snow is melting today.

Noticed bluebirds house cleaning this morning.

That is, both mama and papa working together.

We're not the only ones anxious for spring.

 

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