TheBanyanTree: Welcome to Equal Night

[B Drummond]

Today is March 20th and Spring, our Vernal Equinox, is officially here.

Today is a veritable spring day.  The sun came early,  light streaming 
through the bedroom curtains,  it rising above the hilltop,  beaming 
through a cloudless sky.  Today's temperatures are moderate and do not 
requiring AC or heating for the house to be comfortable.  Earlier this 
week we had a spate of miserable, cold-mixed-with-rain weather.  Today 
is heaven.  The only thing that needs to be done is open up as many 
windows as possible and let fresh air waft in.  That is especially 
important as owners of one rebellious cat, a cat known for his 
prodigious & malodorous dumps.  Said cat has things all backward.  He 
wants to be let out daily so he can ambush birds, though he doesn't 
hurt them as he has been de-clawed, and then insists on coming inside.  
For what?  To poop, of course.  I suppose that he's just too high class 
to poop in the yard like a normal tomcat.

Most of the trees are now budding, the Bradford Pear trees in the area 
are losing their white blossoms to tender green leaves, the sweet gums 
are pumping out shoots and patches of green are showing up in the lawn. 
  In the neighbor's yard at the end of the street white jonquils have 
popped above decaying leaves under white oak trees. More birds are 
heard singing daily and right now a deeply-hued male bluebird sings 
from atop a fence post in my neglected garden.  He's happy.  It shows 
in his song.  Sing on, brother, sing your heart out.  I, for one, feel 
it, too.

The sun comes up due East now, daylight is served starting at earlier 
hours and nightfall continues working its way to its shortest point 
come another 90 days.

At times seasons of life seem exemplified by our earth's seasons as I, 
to some people's way of thinking, approach my autumnal equinox.


http://www.infoplease.com/spot/riteofspring1.html


Glad spring tidings to all,



    bd
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