Every spring is the only spring—
a perpetual astonishment.
-Ellis Peters
It never gets old, does it?
I write this post every year. The quotes may be different, the photos better or worse. But every year the snowdrops and the crocuses push their way free and I cannot help but be amazed.
This, I think, is one of the most important reasons to acquaint yourself and your kids to the outdoors, to be aware of nature’s rhythms and seasons.
The yearly realization of your own capacity for hope.
For joy.
For rebirth.
2011 crocus
Crocus 2010
2009 crocus
2009 again
Clearly I had more free time in 2009.
BEAUTIFUL pictures. Mine aren’t up yet 🙁
… now I’m going to check daily to see when the sprout. I only have one small crocus plant, which I planted right by my front door. One of my closest friends gave it to me for my 30th birthday. I barely knew her then. I think of how our friendship has grown each year when it sprouts.