Looking back through my various tweets since the middle of January there is a common theme: when will the Spring arrive?
It is no secret that I find the climate in the UK depressing - the more so at this time of year. The leaden grey skies weep rain or gloom or both; people look downcast and there seem to be more bugs being transmitted than at any other time of the year.
And yet yesterday we had glorious sunshine here in London (not so today ...). The bird song and bulbs bursting through were as a fore-taste of the very special time that is about to arrive. The peacocks in Holland Park strutted and flicked their developing fan tails as all around them snowdrops nodded delicately and colourful crocuses opened their orange throats to the sky.
It seems ironic that the Christian calendar goes into Lent just as the natural world is heralding the arrival of a new year's growth! But then when Easter does finally arrive, the two become synchronised again.
Lead him slowly!
the horse is carrying
the Spring moon.
(WATSUJIN)
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