It's here! Finally! SPRING! As a friend said, I've been waiting and searching for this moment since January.
I really should have posted this yesterday. 1st March is the first day of Meteorological spring, which splits the year into quarters for each season. We all know Mother Nature likes to keep us on our toes and had been known to give us snow in May, but as a rule that's it, winter is behind us, the earth has woken up and the colour is returning.
There is another definition of spring, astronomical, which uses the solstices and equinox as its points of reference. If you're following this you have to wait until 20th March. Which, judging by the forecast for the next couple of weeks (at least for UK) might be more accurate. Don't put your woolies away yet!
Yesterday however, at least here in Brighton was cloudy with only a few glints of sunshine. Today is looking much sunnier hence I'm actually managing to think and write this post.
This is just a mini nudge, I'm lacking in inspiration at the moment. So, as yesterday was St David's Day (patron Saint of Wales) which has the daffodil as its national flower, I want you to go and seek some daffodils. Preferably still attached to the earth, rather than in a vase, but any will do. Then, really enjoy them, sit and notice them. I sat with a few clumps of them yesterday in the cemetery and I don't think you can fail to have your day improved by their sunny yellow brightest. See how many different forms you can spot, the small ones, big ones, multiple flower heads, ones with orange middles. I even spotted that these ones had white points to their petals.
We aren't at peak daffodil yet, they are not worthy of Wordsworth poetry yet but part of the joy of noticing nature is spotting the anticipation. Seeing the buds and knowing in a few days/ weeks there will be sunshine on the darkest days.
Happy Spring. We're now off to the beach, partly as it means passing one of the biggest expanses of daffs I've ever seen. I'll report back at the end of the week.