As I ran out to start my daughter’s car yesterday morning, so it could warm up for her to go to school, I noticed something lovely. Then, my flower beds and the neighbor’s lilac tree caught my eye. Birds were singing and talking with one another, not just the one or two I had noticed last week, and there were buds on the lilac tree as well as tulip buds and fronds pushing through the mulch in my flower bed. 

Despite my apparent disappointment with our lack of a proper winter here in OH this year,  the singing birds and determined buds brought a smile to my face that I couldn’t contain. Thoughts of the freshness and lightening of Spring bubbled up joy in me, and ultimately, that’s what this blog is about…..