At the Spring Equinox, nature is stretching awake and we, too, surface from our winter stillness, driven on by the growing light and warmth of the sun. Alban Eilir is the dawn of the year. It brings with it a sense of hope and the fresh possibilities of a new day. We see everywhere the vibrant spirit of the Earth, whose irrepressible life bursts forth in the opening of buds, the surfacing of shoots, and the golden blossoming of primrose, daffodil, broom and forsythia. All life must rise up from the dark soil and break out of the safety of womb and egg.
~ Maria Ede-Weaving
(The Essential Book of Druidry: Connect with the Spirit of Nature)
Although we’ve had a blast of cold this week, spring has sprung and is about to bust forth! 🙂
Yay! It’s such a cheerful time of year, with lots of color in spite of the lingering cold snaps. 🙂
We’re in the mid-40s today, with a hard freeze expected tonight. Still, Nature insists on putting forth daffodils and leaf buds, so we all know Spring is nearing!
Spring can be such a roller coaster ride, temperature-wise. We still get mornings in the 30s too but I’m glad there are no hard freezes on the horizon here. Enjoy your daffodils and budding leaves!
Love the quote about spring!
Thank you, Karma!
Beautiful! We are all reaching for Spring!!
Thank you, Donna! I love the image of ‘irrepressible life bursting forth!’
Monet’s paintings are so beautiful, and I love the quote. I am sure all my Northern Hemisphere blogging friends feel the same as Maria Ede-Weaving about the arrival of spring. <3
Thank you, Joanne. It sounds like spring is delaying it’s arrival up north and has arrived a couple of weeks early down south here. It’s amazing the difference in temperatures traveling 650 miles can make. ♡
It’s the same here, Barbara. We have a large country, different time zones across the country, and a very diverse climate.
What an amazing planet we live on with so much variety and diversity. I think of all the naturalists who explored and traveled the world in the 1800s, taking notes and drawing pictures of every new plant or creature they encountered, in spite of some extremes of heat or cold.