Green Where Are You?

I don't know about anyone else, but I am ready to see green. The rye grass that has stayed green all winter is now turning brown. It is full of brown and yellow oak leaves that are piling up daily. Every annual has burned to the roots and the ferns are an odd shade of black. The freezes this winter took out everything. It is about this time of year that I feel like I have turned a little brown myself. You know what I mean just like I have slowed down, I don't want to go out in the yard, I feel like I have been chilled to the bone and my energy is zapped. Then something amazing happens. The tree across the creek from our house starts to pop out tiny little lime green leaves. Then we rake away the withered dead grass and piles of dry leaves to find shoots of green grass underneath waiting to sprout upward toward the warm spring sunshine. It is then that I can feel my mood start to change. We usually head to Walmart, Lowes, or Home Depot looking for petunias and pansies in bright purples and yellows. I start to feel alive like those little sprouts of grass and can't wait to see my crepe myrtles pop out with their pink blooms. The squirrels start climbing up and down all the oak trees in the yard and the birds come back to the bird bath and the bird feeder. Spring is here and has been long awaited, especially this year. This has to be one of the coldest and gloomiest winters in Florida history. I did enjoy the cool weather, but it is time to move on to the next season. I know that pretty soon I will be complaining about the heat. I will be cranky and sweaty and looking forward to cool weather again. Thank goodness we have seasons, because just about the time you think you can't take one more day of 98 degrees you have that day with just a little crispness in the air. Right now I am just looking forward to some sunshine and some color to come back. I love the smell of cut grass and look forward to climbing on my riding mower and feeling the fresh air around me. God planned it just right, Summer, Spring, Autumn and Winter. I am always glad to see the new season come marching in, whatever season it is.