I took this picture of a sundial at a nearby college a few years ago. I was going through my pictures and saw it today. And that old familiar mid-winter feeling came upon me. Spring. When will we see spring? To say I am looking forward to constant warmer temperatures, budding trees, and green grass is a given.
I know that many of us are impatient to get this winter behind us. But, stubborn as it is, it just won't let us go. A few folks have been laid up with the cold, flu and other ailments. Some are getting over them...and for some they just seem to hang on.
For me, I am looking forward to hanging out my clothes once more. I miss the fresh smell of sun-kissed sheets and towels. I want to open up the windows and feel that soft spring breeze coming in.
Today I am going to clean house. I have really neglected it lately. What's the use? I tidy it up and get it looking good and in the next hour or two here comes more muddy boots and dust from the wood stove. Cloudy days make the windows look especially dreary.
I try to not think about the weeks ahead. The half winter-half spring mood of the Ozarks. But it is easy to fall into the habit of not expecting things to improve. Think I'll get out the seed catalog, look at some bright and sunny pictures of flowers and trees. Anything to fill the hours..and days..until those spring dreams come true.
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