We are approaching Easter weekend. It’s not my personal favorite, but it’s an important holiday, nonetheless. It is a time of renewal, and new life. We let the colder months of winter and early spring drift from our minds, and embrace the warmer months of late spring and the coming summer. Children hunt for eggs, sometimes colorful boiled and dyed or wrapped, and sometimes fake plastic with small treats inside.
However you choose to celebrate the season, enjoy the time with family and friends, and pay attention to the way the seasons are changing. It’s a good time to pick flowers for a wild salad, or unopened buds to make capers. Blackberries are usually in full bloom at this point, and are making their way toward producing early season berries in some locations. The honey bees are active, and everything seems to express its aliveness in full glory.
The rains of early spring should be subsiding a bit as we approach late spring. Gardens should be lush and producing early season yields. It’s a great time of year to take a dip in a lake, or local creek. Enjoy life. It’s what the holiday reminds us to do.