Almost-Spring

To say there are signs of spring on this first day of March is to be redundant. We've had signs of spring since January. Better to say there is a freshness in the air, a whiff of change. It's not as cold as yesterday, and the breeze that's blowing is warmer.

We're only a week away from the time change, and the light is racing toward equilibrium.  Though we've barely had winter, we are inching toward spring.

I remember a time when I would have thought this cheating, would have felt we hadn't paid our dues and needed one good blizzard to set us right. I don't feel this way anymore. If we can sneak by without a polar vortex or "snowpocalypse" so much the better.

It's almost-spring, a season of its own this year with snowdrops blooming in January and daffodils in February. When there's almost-spring ... there's not much of winter.