Spring Green is an Antidote to Winter Blues

About this time of year, I find myself doubting that winter will actually end. After four months of dreary, cold days, it gets old. And depressing. The Winter Blues.

Then a subtle shift happens. A warm day here, a rainy day there and bits of green start appearing. Last week, I noticed the pale halos of chartreuse sprouting on my street’s tree canopy and yesterday the grass came alive. Even if the sky is gray, there’s hope on the ground.

As a gardener, that hope is making me antsy. Oddly, even yard cleanup tasks that exhausted me in November feel energizing. Now, I can’t wait for slight warm ups so I can rake random leaves, wrangle out big swaths of ivy, and cut back dead plants. The tiny tips of hyacinths and tulips breaking through the hard soil seem to be encouraging us to follow suit. My grandiose visions for total revamping of my garden seem utterly possible. Who cares how much it would cost! I have plenty of time and energy to do anything! Pollen? What pollen?!

So what if we see a rain/snow mix tomorrow! In April, Spring always conquers Winter.