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I began
My story early, feeling, as I fear,
The weakness of a human love for days
Disowned by memory, ere the birth of spring
Planting my snowdrops among winter snows

-William Wordsworth

I was so upset I missed our snowdrops two weeks ago while I was sick— saddened I’d missed this first sign of spring returning. It’s like Christmas Day having fallen asleep during It’s a Wonderful Life the night before. Nice and all, you’re not going to opt out or anything, but it’s just not the same. I’ve marked the emergence of the snowdrops for a lot of years now and it’s a harbinger of sunshine, happiness, contented chaos.

Luckily the preserve trail down the way has virtual drifts of snowdrops… waves of white and shocking green standing out against the leaves, swaying and saying cheekily Spring is here, Spring is here, Spring is here.

I feel much better, now.

I’m thinking I should really plant some more early spring native flowers around our house. Such an easy way to ensure gladness in my heart, one year from now. Why haven’t I done so already?

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts.

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—

the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

― Rachel Carson

This was pretty much the winter that wasn’t, huh?

Hard to believe that the snowdrops are already pushing their way to the surface, their faces turned away from the brightness of the winter sun.

We were supposed to get a bit of snow yesterday, and I’m vaguely disappointed we didn’t, as I would have loved to have photographed these defiantly shooting through snow. Ah well. One of these years I’ll get that shot.

To put it the early emergence of the snowdrops in perspective:

in 2011, I sighted them on March 12th.
in 2010, they were glorious on March 8th.
March 8th was the magical day in 2009, post Snowmageddon.

So spring is more than two weeks early this year, the first year since I started blogging that I haven’t chronicled dealing with the SADness. Odd. But it figures.

Signs of Spring: Snowdrops

Snowdrops 2012: Spring is Here? Already?

How do you feel about the early spring?

Bring it on? Or not quite ready?