My Favorite Time of Year

When I ran my daycare, the messy transition phase between the melting snow and beginning of things greening up again was not my favorite season. Mud, puddles, wet and cool weather equaled a lot of clean up every time we came indoors. It was the messiest time of year but it did pass quickly.

This year, I am reveling in this season between snow and new life. 

I have been on the highway twice in two weekends and there are NO BUGS to wash off the windshield!!  I love, love, love that!!

I have spent the weekend in my little oasis away from home and it is too wet to rake or take on any of the spring clean up chores. The yard does not expect a thing from me. 

Outside becomes very needy, very fast during the upcoming months so I'm loving the moment I'm in. The moment when I look outside and see what will need to be done. But by the time I can do anything about it, I will actually look forward for an excuse to be outside puttering around.

In the meantime, the only chore I took upon myself was to clean up the lawn chairs enough to sit outside and bask in the freshness of the air and listen to the birds.

We are not out of the woods quite yet. It is cool and cloudy this morning and a "significant spring storm" is brewing south of us. 

Grass will soon start greening up, the trees will be in bud, spring flowers will start blooming ... the world will soon present itself in glorious technicolor. But for the moment, I am simply enjoying the state of "what is". 

We have little choice over "what is", so when we find ourselves in a moment we can savor I think it is a good idea to bask in it for as long as the moment lasts.

My all time favorite place to be when the season starts to change.