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Here's to embracing the edge between winter and spring and presence to all it can teach. ♡

"It is this difficult process of dying to the old self which causes the seed to develop cracks in the shell and impels it to move toward nutrients and light. "

I love this line. It is relatable and authentic. I recently started growing tulips in clear jars with river rocks and noticed the cracks in the bulb. My impatience wanting to see the pretty red pedals (symbolizing the coming of spring) is strong but I realize that I should be happy with the crack in the bulb, that it's trying and it longs for the light and nutrients. Not only is this line relatable to plant-life, but also fauna. How many times does a snake shed its skin? A butterfly sheds its cocoon? You need to have darkness to appreciate light, you need to have rain to appreciate the sunshine and it's those in-between times that make the anticipation and the final destination great.

What an inspiring piece. Thank you.

Beautiful!!!

❤️

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Winter Song

I was there
that day when
winter died
and no-one cried

the crows perhaps
who knows
the crows
they know

the daffodils
they swayed
they swayed
upon the grave

the song bird
song
sung the morning
sung the morning long

And I cried
that no-one cries
when winter
dies

Vic needs a Spring antidote.

[in Just-]
By E. E. Cummings
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and

the

goat-footed

balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee

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Yes, I love the season when insects come out. When I can perspire and smell like a farm animal. And the aroma of freshly cut grass and exhaust fumes from my lawnmower. I love winter. I'm always saddened to see it fade into Spring.