Signs of Spring

As the yearly fight between winter and summer moves across the northern hemisphere, we experience the season called spring. It's a time a warm, sunny days, cold, overcast days, strong winds, gentle breezes, torrential rain and gentle showers.

Every year we search out those small signs that life is returning and the time of cold is vanquished for another season.

First: March in the United States: Addison, IL -not too far from Chicago.

See the changes April brings...

 

The lilac bush is not quite as obvious. After all it has been there all winter, braving the snow and the cold, not hiding underground to stay safe from the storms.

But in March, it is possible to see the buds start to swell - thicker and thicker they grow, on their way to making their beautiful, fragrant spring flowers.

The first brave ones to poke out their heads are the Narcissus. It is just March in the Chicago area, and they poke their noses high, even if there are still snow days in the future!

What is the weather on the
first day of spring?

Student poetry - Lyceum NSTU, Novosibirsk
Student pictures - Sardinia
Student animations - Oak Park

What's it like in Tallahassee, Florida?
or Rome, Italy, or Novosibirsk, Russia, or Kobe, Japan, or Sardinia Island, Italy, or Newfoundland, Canada or Spinea, Italy?

What's it like where you live?

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