This morning I woke up to intense sunshine- not the weak, passive sun of the winter, but the exuberant, triumphant sun of the spring. I love that point in the spring when the sun starts to actually mean business, and you know that winter really can't last forever!
Here in Zürich, the winter has not been really winter, at least not to my Minnesotan sensibilities. While I have seen flakes of snow falling on a few occasions, the snow has never stayed. At the lowest, the temperatures have been in the low 30's F. Even in January there were already signs of life- forsythia blooming and such.
But, still spring comes triumphant. Just like fall here, spring seems to creep back in, so that you almost don't notice it. Then one morning you wake up and it's spring! This past week it has been light out for my morning run before 6.30 am. The temperatures have gotten for sure into the 50s (if not the 60s), and during the middle of the day you can walk outside without a jacket. There is rhubarb in the Coop. Last night, we had Friday beers at a table outside after 6 pm and were totally comfortable. It is light when I go and come from work. There are primroses and lenten roses and crocus and random bushes and pansies and snowdrops blooming. My neighbor is cleaning out his garden this morning. The birds are thrilled and are singing their hearts out!
I love the signs of spring! I am currently suffering from my normal spring insanity. Spring makes me a little dotty. I have a hard time sitting at my desk, and I have my sassy pants on more often than usual. And I tend to walk around with a goofy grin on my face. And possibly dance a little more than usual. The joy of life triumphant over death just gets into my blood, and I can't help but go a little mad!
Here in Zürich, the winter has not been really winter, at least not to my Minnesotan sensibilities. While I have seen flakes of snow falling on a few occasions, the snow has never stayed. At the lowest, the temperatures have been in the low 30's F. Even in January there were already signs of life- forsythia blooming and such.
But, still spring comes triumphant. Just like fall here, spring seems to creep back in, so that you almost don't notice it. Then one morning you wake up and it's spring! This past week it has been light out for my morning run before 6.30 am. The temperatures have gotten for sure into the 50s (if not the 60s), and during the middle of the day you can walk outside without a jacket. There is rhubarb in the Coop. Last night, we had Friday beers at a table outside after 6 pm and were totally comfortable. It is light when I go and come from work. There are primroses and lenten roses and crocus and random bushes and pansies and snowdrops blooming. My neighbor is cleaning out his garden this morning. The birds are thrilled and are singing their hearts out!
