FIRST DAY OF SPRING - The Wintery Earth Awakens

(03/20/2021)
Today is the first day of Spring, with the world around us coming to life, following the mildest winter on record in the Mountain State.

2008

PHLOX AT BLAND HOUSE, MT. ZION RIDGE
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it
were voices instead of colors, there would be
an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of
the night. - Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

HUR LILACS - Awake, thou wintry earth. Fling off thy
sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient
gladness! - Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

ROSEBUD TREES, RT. 16 - Spring shows what God
can do with a drab and dirty world. - Virgil A. Kraft

MT. ZION CHURCH - And Spring arose on
the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt
everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth's
dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

FORSYTHIA ON BARNES RUN
If you've never been thrilled to the very edges
of your soul by a flowerin spring bloom, maybe
your soul has never been in bloom. - Audra Foveo