Personally, Spring is my favorite time of year! The new found sunshine that comes after a long winter, it's just so revitalizing. It automatically puts me in a better mood. The weather is so nice, everyone gets to wear shorts again and not be freezing all the time. Not only is the weather amazing, but the scenery becomes lovelier.
The way I know it's spring, where I come from, the flowers start to bloom and we have fewer cold days. When the azaleas start to bloom, spring is coming! The sun also starts to shine down on everyone's skin, leaving it with a nice tan.
My favorite holiday Passover, is also right at the beginning of spring. For me, Passover, is a time of rebirth and a chance to remember how great our lives are. This starts my spring on a high note, and makes it great!
As the arrival of spring brings warmer temperatures, I love seeing the way that everyone is itching to be outside. People talk in their yards, eat at picnic tables, and roll down their windows. We convince ourselves that we took last summer for granted and count down the days until the beginning of this one. We have a new awareness of not only the weather, but also the activities around us.
Pollen, azaleas, green lawns and leafy trees are all clear indications that spring has sprung where I live. People begin to mow their lawns and put flowers in their pots and beds. My city even has a festival to celebrate the meaning behind the azaleas planted in so many varieties across the city. These signs of growth and productivity are part of the draw of this new season.
Because I’m from North Carolina, the beginning of spring is clearly expressed through the arrival of blooming azaleas. Personally, I don’t really pay attention to the plants in my yard and others around my neighborhood, but every year, as soon as they bloom, I notice the azaleas all over my yard and around my neighborhood, which I didn’t notice before. I love seeing the different colors of azaleas people have, and if they match the houses or not. Spring is a really beautiful time where I live.
I also love spring because it’s the perfect temperature before the heat of summer. Where I live, summers are extremely hot and humid, and sometimes miserable. But, around the month of March, the weather gets warmer. Spring temperatures are warm without being dreadfully hot and humid, which is always nice before the real heat of summer.
Spring is something else; everything gets brighter and prettier, the weather gets warmer, and summer gets closer. I used to not like spring because it was too “inbetween,” but as I get older I begin to appreciate it more.
There are so many ways to see that it is becoming spring in my hometown.
The warm sun beats down and turns my skin a nice, golden brown. The birds begin chirping loudly in the mornings earlier and earlier. The flowers that I planted last fall begin to bloom in a rainbow of colors.
I always look forward to the arrival of spring. Spring is rebirth. For everyone and everything. It's a nice breath of fresh air after a long, dead winter.
I know it is spring when the plants start growing and birds start singing in my country. I will hear sounds and see things start growing like flowers and birds. I look forward to the spring this year because it won't be so cold anymore and summer is after spring.
I always loved the marking of spring because of the environmental changes and the memories that come with it.
As a child, the concept of time was confusing. The way I could tell the seasons apart was: Summer we didn't go to school, Winter it was the coldest, fall was the time where all the leaves died but spring was beautiful. Whenever I went on a car ride with family, I would look out the windows at the trees with colorful and bright leaves as they went by. I remember asking all sorts of questions about how the leaves changed pigments. I remember my parents showing me what “helicopters” were and how to make them ‘fly’. (“Helicopters” are from maple trees drop a helicopter-looking leaf that make a spinning movement as they fall). I especially love this time because I know I have more time to spend with my mother. She works majority of the time and when I see the leaves change I know she has a break coming up to spend with us.
While I pride myself on being a big fall person, I do get excited about the start of every season. This type of change is exciting, and having three months of the same weather every day can get so dreary. Living in New England, we're usually treated to last minute snowfall well after the vernal equinox. Still, I know Spring is coming when my parakeets begin to chirp incessantly, all day long. I also love seeing purple crocuses emerge from the ground outside my house- I never see them in such high quantities anywhere else. This year I'm more anxious about the progression of Winter into Spring and Spring into Summer, though, because my junior year of high school has passed so quickly that it's overwhelming, and soon my senior friends will be leaving and I'll have to make college decisions. Hopefully Spring will last for a while.
Living on the east coast in Wilmington NC spring usually comes early. The real first day of spring was March 20th but every year it seems to happen early. The flowers start to bloom, and yard (that you different have to cut all winter) starts growing again, and the pollen begins to form in the air like fog. The pollen is a big sign of spring because you will go outside and your black car will be yellow, which means your allergies will begin to start acting up for those two or three weeks you when have to keep blowing your nose constantly.
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I always look forward to the arrival of spring. Spring means new beginnings, a fresh new season of opportunity. For me specifically, every year as the leaves turn back to green and pollen begins to stick to cars, it means one step closer to summer. The air turns warmer, the breeze cooler, and the sun shines brighter than it has in months. You get to shed the heavy winter coats and boots and put on a pair of shorts and flip flops. Living close to the beach, spring means the beginning of long awaited beach trips and boat rides for my friends and I. The anticipation and lead up to summer is the reason I will always look forward to spring.
March 20th, as we all know as the first day of spring, but this day is also when the sun enters the sign of the Aries. The season of the Aries lasts from the first day of spring to April 19th. With this spring equinox comes a feeling of new beginnings. Because the past couple of months have been more focused on meditation and thoughtfulness for Aries but now we are feeling the jolt of energy that the flowers and warmth seem to bring. Although this winter was not harsh, it seemed never-ending. I fully believe that April showers do bring May flowers but the rain is just as beautiful as the greenery that Earth so kindly shares with us. With the temperature being welcoming, time spent outside is more gratifying. Walking in the open air rejuvenates my body when the smells of flowers coming to life overcome my senses. Nothing can bring me more joy than knowing the bees and butterflies are peacefully working hard to keep this planet absolutely stunning.
Living in a small Jersey Shore town our springtime is the calm before the chaos. It is when I get to fully enjoy my hometown because when the town of Point Pleasant is almost overflowing in the summer, I can not immerse myself in it’s small yet meaningful beauties.
Do you look forward to the arrival of spring each year? Why or why not?
Spring is the best time of the year, especially when you live a mile away from the beach. The weather is perfect -- warm and sunny but not humid yet, and you no longer need a jacket to leave the house. Personally, I find the winter weather to be miserable and I would rather stay in my house than face the cold. I think a lot of people agree with me, because as soon as the temperature rises above sixty five degrees, it seems as if the whole town is out. But that is also what I love about spring. The warmer weather brings our town together when everybody is out interacting with each other, instead of sitting inside their own homes. Spring is something to look forward to because this means it is finally time to go to the beach again. It is time for all of the birds to start waking up the neighborhood again with their chirping and to finally be able to open up the windows in your house and car, just enjoy the fresh air. Overall, spring is a sign of happiness for me, and that is why it is something to look forward to.
One word. Fishing. Since I live on the Jersey Shore, I love to be on the water and go fishing. With the warmer weather falling down upon us and the beginning of April, I know, Spring is here. This upcoming Saturday is the opening day for trout fishing. Trout are usually the first fish I am able to fish for during the new year. So this Saturday, over a hundred anglers line up on the edge of Spring Lake, all waiting for their chance to catch some trout. With every other day being over 55 degrees, Spring is here. Those warm days where you can go outside without having to wear a hoodie or even be able to not hunch over trying to walk to your car during lunch. Instead, a shining sun and 60-degree weather. Especially when I have to break out the sunglasses is definitely a sign that Spring is finally here. As I came home from school the other week, there were over twenty robins in my front yard, pecking at the grass like it was money. The day before, I had not seen one robin. But the day after they were there. With all the birds flying back North, we all know that Spring is on the tip of our tongues.