Spring

[kolleh]

Somehow, even though this winter's been full of warm days like this, today is the first one that really felt like spring. In spite of the snow still piled up a meter high in some places, and in spite of "warm" here meaning in the local sense of three degrees Celsius.

I was trying to figure out what indefinable quality had changed, something in the light or the air. I think it's the birdsong. Winters here are always muffled and silent. Today there are windchimes and the noise of living things all around.

Comments

[iodhadh]

It never starts to feel like spring to me until after daylight savings and the equinox have both passed.

[spywindow]

It really is wild how visceral the change in seasons feels. Like, if you were to ask me unprompted I don't think I could articulate what makes fall feel like fall or spring feel like spring (aside from the obvious temperature- and foliage-related changes), but when it hits you it's like, bam. And it invariably dredges up so many forgotten memories and emotional associations! I hope your spring is a nice one.