Ever Subtle Shift

Ever subtle shift:

only two days left in February, being a leap year we have an extra, but there is definitely an ever subtle shift towards Spring, early buds on certain trees, animals a bit more active in the predawn hours of my earliest walk. I’ve recently spotted both owls and hawks in pairs, mates, and beginning to nest in preparation for laying eggs. Life is waking from a long winter slumber and I’m eager to explore this new and warmer world.

I suspect that winter hasn’t given up it’s grasp, it seldom does so easily or early. Occasionally we get some biggest snow in mid-March, storms that sweep through leaving several inches or even over a foot in their wake. There’s often cold snaps all the way to early April, so I take no warmth for granted. But I do celebrate the ever subtle shift towards Spring.

it’s the equinoxes that seems the most dramatic in effect, moving so slowly at first, barely noticed in the midst of the present seasons focus. Yet then, a rush, Spring or Autumn hurries in with a vast display of color, vibrant leaves that will soon begin to fall or the thick green of early plant life that literally explodes in its deep shade of verdant wonder. Winter and Summer are less dramatic, coasting in on the theater of their preceding equinox — but no less thrilling in the beauty that they offer.

every season has its beauty.

ours to explore.

if we’re open to these changes.

and that’s why I love these earliest signs of a new seasons arrival, that in between sense of worlds within worlds, an ever subtle shift towards….

something.

and for now,

it’s a mystery to explore.

~

Peace, Eric