Don’t Miss March’s Launch of Spring
“If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy
it will in the end not produce food either,” Joseph Wood Krutch.
Too many people miss March’s majesty by staying indoors. After all it’s usually too warm to enjoy cross country skiing or ice fishing and it’s too early to plant the garden, go fishing, or play golf. March is the month of mud, fog, slowly melting grit-encrusted snowbanks, and clammy cold.
At Winding Pathways, we defy normal behavior and spend March days outdoors. It’s the month of great change and nature’s cavalcade is there for any observant person to enjoy.
Just consider the earth and how it’s turning toward our sun. Days lengthen the most around the March 21st Vernal Equinox. This means there is more sunlight each day allowing our yard to soak up more solar energy and spark spring’s revival of life.
March is the month to pull on mud boots and venture outdoors with eyes and ears attuned to the great seasonal change upon us. Here are some things to absorb with great joy:
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- “Possum come aknockin’ at the door.”
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- Look Up and see skeins of geese winging across the sky
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- Gardening
Awesome! I have been outside nearly everyday since February
poking around the flower beds and vegetable garden. I guess
one calls it cleaning up. I usually leave flower stalks and leaves
in my flower garden so that the birds can scuff about for this
and that. Some grackles on their way north stopped by the bird
feeders and suet holders. They are a beautiful bird with iridescent
feathers glistening in the sunlight.