First Day of Spring

Well, I didn't quite find the sea of purple and white I had anticipated finding today in my Main Street yard - maybe crocuses are cyclical, or maybe they bloomed last week while I was gone, or maybe something ate them; I'm seeing nibbles here - nonetheless, I was rather delighted to have blown into town on a first-day-of-spring snow-storm.

If you look closely, you'll see a few flakes on the bloom in the photo. It's not that unusual for it to snow at this time of year around here, actually. Today - March 21 - is the same date that I buried my mother, nineteen years ago, and I remember very distinctly that it snowed on that day, too.

Spring Fever                     By Alison Boylston Piazza

Crocuses are blooming, 

Spring is in the air,

So why am I still wearing 

My winter underwear?

In mittens, scarf and jacket,

Woolen cap and socks,

What a way to celebrate

The vernal equinox!