 equal everywhere and the Sun rises and sets due east and west” (Old Farmer’s Almanac) — it’s special. Kind of magical really and I love the sound of that, especially the light part.
It signals new beginnings, rebirth and all those soothing, groovy feelings we have when we shrug off Winter to embrace Spring. I asked hubby, “Do you feel it?” What, he asked me.
“Spring,” I said, “You can feel the shift in the air.” This was about a week ago. Maybe it was that spring forward thing that did it for me. No, it’s that intangible something that we all love so much. Do you feel it yet?
They cluster in all these trees and fly around, socializing and celebrating Spring. In Mexico. Kind of like Spring break.
I normally watch CBS Sunday Morning every weekend because most of the program is positive. It’s about art, literature, world events or nature. Yesterday, it showcased the thing about the butterflies in central Mexico.
That spectacular thing that happens to signal Spring happened this week as thousands of Monarch butterflies migrated there. There’s so many that scientists have had to measure them by acreage. And it’s dropped significantly — in the 1990s they measured the beauties taking up twenty-two acres. It’s now only around seven-and-a-half acres.
They don’t know exactly why this is happening. Could be illegal logging, drought or pesticides that kill milkweed which is the monarch’s main food source. They talked to an expert guy (how’s that for a dream job, studying butterflies?) who knows more about this phenomenon than anyone. He was asked how our world would be different if the numbers kept dwindling.
You’d miss me if I wasn’t around.
Like Spring — there’s nothing like it and the magnificence of it, the way we feel as we feel it coming.
Have you noticed that when Spring is getting closer you get a little restless? Animals do too. I’ve watched my pups get more playful. I hear birds chirping more. Little creatures are getting more active. It’s the natural order of things. It’s as if we’re all waking up. We’re ready to play.
I read an article, Spring Fever: Restlessness, Renewal and Rebirth by Sandra Tunajek. Scientists believe that there are reasons why we and other species get friskier, more energetic, want to move more. It’s psychological and physiological they think.
Hey, wanna play? It’s Spring!
Some believe it’s the warmer weather while others think it’s got to do with the light. Maybe it’s the way a warm breeze blows across our face and we smell Spring. Without even realizing it, we’re taken back to a time and a place that felt so good.
Spring fever gets us up and out. We begin to reevaluate our lives, at least I’ve been doing that. We think about trying something new. Whether that’s taking a class, painting a room, de-cluttering, cleaning, exploring a new place, moving — it all symbolizes a newness, change. A rebirth of sorts.
After a long cold winter, it feels so good to poke out heads out and welcome all that glorious warmth.
Boy, it feels good to bust out of here.
Do you have Spring fever yet? Do you have any plans — any new beginnings? What are the first signs of Spring for you — internally and externally?
Happy Spring! I loved Monarch Butterflies when I was a kid and used to look for their chrysalis’s. They are pale green and are decorated with gold ornaments!
Roxy is already restless. The longer days make it harder for me to concentrate! We’ll still get a few snowstorms….
Happy Spring to you, Susie! I love butterflies period. I would love to stand in that place and Mexico and watch them swirl around. I LOVE the longer days. We’re supposed to have a winter storm tomorrow — arghhhhh! But it’s coming, that Spring, she’s almost here. ;).
 Although, as you mentioned with the butterflies counting dwindling numbers of various animals in the spring doesn’t feel so hopeful. I used to work with endangered species and this was a pretty disheartening thing every year. However, it is energizing to see the earth renew itself and the light return, and it makes me feel hopeful that all problems can be solved. So happy spring to you, Brig!
Me too, RG and I’m writing about it way before it has reached here! But I’m trying to be hopeful because that’s better than being pissed off about something we can’t control — the weather. The butterfly thing we can though and I think that’s pretty sad. I’m guessing the culprit is pesticides — that makes the most sense but then I’m not a scientist. And I guess I try to be an optimist, believing that in time, all problems can be solved. Just maybe not as quickly as we’d like. Happy Spring to you and I hope you see some buds/evidence of Spring soon.
Haha well that would explain why I washed my walls yesterday! Spring can’t come soon enough for me!
I love that Sunday morning show too, I look forward to it every week.
Wonderful song too–I love how in sync we often are. I posted the same song a couple of weeks ago, only it was the Ritchie Havens version–funky, upbeat and with congas!
Hi Christy, isn’t it the best? It’s normally always about something that makes you feel better about the world or you learn something fascinating you didn’t know before. I’ll have to check that version out because I do love that song. It can improve a low mood anytime. I hope you have a great week too and thank you.
I always start to feel emotionally, spiritually, and mentally lighter and brighter. Kate Winslet said that “life happens between the cracks.” I love every season, but I think it’s the changing of them that inspires me most.
Hi Nashville — I feel that too. I think we all do with new beginnings. And I love the change of seasons too so it’s nice to live somewhere that has that. But, this year I’m ready for winter to leave and spring to begin! Thank you.
I don’t have that feeling of spring yet. Still too cold in NE Ohio, and we’re looking at temps in the 30s all week. But once we hit April, I know I’ll feel it. And nothing much compares to that feeling.
I did, but we’ve got a storm coming and it’s going to be all kinds of messy this afternoon and tomorrow. Oh well, it won’t be long and you’re right about that feeling, Carrie. Thanks!
I guess I’m kind of happy our March has been pretty crappy throughout. It eliminates that tease you get when an early warmth brings out the tulips only to see them die a week later from a new frost.
Everything’s in bloom around here. I cleaned out the flower beds and mulched over the weekend. Today I’m so sore it hurts to blink! Spring – Love it and I LOVE the song too!
How nice. I bet it’s even warm there. We’re getting snow, sleet, rain. Sigh. Makes me appreciate the spring more though. Can’t wait to get my hands in the dirt. Walk it out, you’ll be okay. ;).
Lou Ann, that sounds like such a great memory. I always loved school. Still do. I try to go as much as I can. Glad you got to check out ahem! lots fauna. Thank you.
those were the old days–I am an old married lady now!
Well, married anyway. ;).
ahh I love Spring. Today is my teen’s first day of softball practice– makes me flashback to my HS days. Spring is that first catch in the back yard with her– the snap of the ball hitting the leather. I’m holding on to these moments because they will be gone soon.
Everything smells better in the Spring– even though it is cold as you know what today, I cleaned and opened my windows to get some fresh air.
Hey Audra, I do too. The best! All these things you describe — so nice. The smell of honeysuckles makes me feel like I’m in my backyard, about age 10, making mudpies. So glad you’re making those good memories with your teen. Both you and her will appreciate that decades from now. We are about to get it with some snow, sleet and rain too. Hang in there, it’s coming — the Spring. Happy Monday to you my dear friend and thank you.
For me it’s the light. Being able to come home from work in the daylight means that the warmth of spring sunshine cannot be far behind.
Light means so much to the artist — which you are with your photos. Everyone feels better when there’s light and little warmth. Thanks Artsi.
It’s just SPRING, huh T? I bet Spring in Paris, well how much better can you get right? Yes, it’s been a long dark winter for me as well. Looking forward to all that light AND dining al fresco.
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