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  • Spring 2012: Were You Around for It?

    Imbolc                                                      Woodpecker Moon

    Spring.  Whoa!  A season that came and went on the day of its inauguration.  A high of 79 here yesterday.  79!

    Yes, that’s right, it’s the Spring Equinox again, we’ve reached that point halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Summer Solstice, the time when light begins to dominate in the division between night and day.

    Bruce Watson and his son, local weather geeks, publish an annual meteorological calender with lots of nifty data.  Just pulled it out for grins and looked up the Summer Solstice, that’s right, exactly three months from now–IN JUNE–and checked out the average 30 year high for June 20th.  Yep.  79.5.  Now wow.

    However the season came and went this year, I’ll always remember spring as a spunky little season that used to hang around and tease with gentle breezes one minute and foot-high drifts the next.  We don’t need to get all weepy, but those were good springs weren’t they?  Hockey and blizzards, they just sort of go together.

    Not this year.  Nope, it’s a couple a rounds and a Bud at the 19th Hole.  Outside.

    Ostara in the pagan calendar, this holiday nods toward the fertility spring carries in its changeable weather. Continue reading  Post ID 13468