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April 20 – Spring

April 20, 2019 by Kali 3 Comments

by Ariela ZuckerSpring Flowers

Spring by far is my favorite season. Every year when the snow finally melts I can’t get over the magic of the first spring sprouts. It’s as powerful as God’s promise never to bring a second flood. Regardless of the craziness that engulfs us daily when even nature at times seems to lose its grip and lash at us humans with unremembered fury. When April rolls in, the days get longer, the ground gets softer, and the green erupts. Soft greens at the beginning dot the ground or appear as tiny buds on the trees until one morning everything is green.

My favorites are old friends I saw last fall and are now coming back. The Clematis who all through the winter looked like a dead twig springs new leaves and buds that will open into glorious purple flowers. The sweet pea in the corner sends tender, shy shoots that from experience I know will grow and grow relentlessly and if not stopped will cover walls and windows. In the wet ditch, bordering the road the nine cattails raise their brown heads and sway in the light breeze while next to them my pride and joy, the wild lilies I planted years ago start their journey that will yield my favorite orange blossoms.

It’s nothing less than a dazzling celebration. The colors of the new growth mingle with the loud music of the peepers. First, just a lone forerunner whose voice is heard at dusk from the wetland in the forest across the road but before long another one joins and another to create a deafening orchestra that salutes nature and will last all through the night reaching its crescendo shortly before dawn.

The cycle of life, perhaps a cliché, or maybe it holds an inner truth that we can adopt into our lives. Decline and death are but stages that interact with the spring bloom and the summer’s lush. It makes me feel good to know that the seeds I invested in the ground will forever become a part of this everlasting succession.

Ariela Zucker was born in Israel. She and her husband left sixteen years ago and now resides in Ellsworth Maine where they run a Mom and Pop motel. She blogs at https://paperdragonme.wordpress.com/

Kalí Rourke is a full-time philanthropist and volunteer in the Austin, Texas area and has lent her writing, public speaking, and social media skills to many local nonprofits, including Story Circle Network. She is a wife, mom, "Gigi" to her awesome grandkids, a professional singer, and an advocate for mentoring in all of its forms. 

Filed Under: Ariela Zucker, True Words from Real Women Tagged With: Gardens, Reflection, Seasons

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  1. woodscrone says

    April 20, 2018 at 8:48 am

    I so resonate with your piece. Having lived in the woods for 20+ years I am recalling the tulip tree blossoming, clematis blooming, solomon’s seal, bleeding heart, mayapples and hosta making their appearance after their disappearance during the winter months. I am still in awe that each plant has within it the DNA that gives them their unique blossom.

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  2. Debra Dolan says

    April 20, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Spring has forever represented renewal and the possibility of new beginnings. After our long winter of rains on the west coast the sun and blossoms lure you outdoors never to be disappointed.

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  3. Letty Watt says

    April 21, 2018 at 1:43 pm

    Even with our confused weather pattern, I must admit your descriptions and feelings of Spring delight me and give me hope that any day….the sun will shine it’s warmth on us.

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