tax season, pussy willows, white throated sparrows, and ice out
what marks the beginning of spring for you? i am sure there is something very specific that signifies that spring is here in your neighborhood–daffodils? magnolias blossoms? in our corner of the world it is pussy willow. unless you live on a lake, then it is red winged blackbirds or ice out, or if you are my husband it is the end of tax season which runs neck and neck with the arrival of white throated sparrows. or if you are me, who walked up a hill every day to catch the school bus as a kid, it the sound of tinkling melt water. in southern france it was almond blossoms. my point is, no matter where you live, there is something very specific to you that marks the arrival of spring. i’d love to hear from you what that is? please share. the arrival of spring after the darkness of winter is…in the end…both personal and universal.
pussy willow in april
Snow crocuses blooming in the lawn are first, tiny splashes of yellow in the grass :) Oh! How they lift my spirits!
For me here in northern Illinois, it is forsythia. My mother-in-law and I would call each other whoever saw it first.
For me it is the bright yellow forsythia. I also love ❤️ hearing the first hummingbird. We had a very snowy winter, the forsythia is just starting to have a few flowers.