Thursday, March 23, 2006

Upper Dry Creek Basin News, March 18, 2006

Birdsong.

After many weeks of rain and cold and snow and cold, there are signs that spring is truly approaching. We have birdsong in Paradise. Sunshine is gracing the forest, today. The first leaves are beginning to unfold on a few alder trees. The pear trees have broken bud. Blue crocus are blooming. A welcome warmth has returned to the day.

I saw more smiles, today… from the bank teller, the grocery clerk, folks visiting the post office. We may insulate ourselves in our comfortable houses, our cloistered cars, our offices, our stores, but we have an innate connection with the natural world and the seasonal cycles. We respond, even if unconsciously, to nature’s changes in our own moods and disposition.

Praise the coming spring!

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