That is really neat. Not sure I have felt that so strongly, but this warm weather we have had in Michigan the last few days has definitely pushed me into spring-anticipation mode! I get excited for spring every year (I am a terrible gardener, so bulbs and perennials are my best friends!) and this year it feels more intense -- perhaps because we have all been wintering over during the pandemic? Maybe those of us on this site have been focusing more on our intuition? That combo might be resonating really strongly for you this year. Glad you documented it here!
On Tuesday, I started to feel a renewed sense of hope and optimism that I haven't felt in a while. Perhaps it was the sunny day and spring-like temperatures we've been having this week in southeast Virginia after months of cold and weeks of rain. Maybe it was that all the songs on the radio that morning were songs I liked, or maybe it was because I finished some projects at work. I've not even ruled out that it might have just been the St. John's Wort kicking in. I started taking it recently in hopes of fending off the "blahs."
Or maybe it is something bigger, especially if others are feeling it too. There's less stress and drama over the current occupant of the Oval Office; Covid numbers seem to be going down as vaccinations are going up. The world's not perfect, but things are looking brighter. And Spring is coming!!! It's a time for renewal and rebirth.
I've been feeling a "release of survival", I'm calling it, this past week. It's warm and dry enough to sit on the ground in our back yard. The earth is waking up and so are her people! I realize I've been stuck in panic mode over "19" or one of its insidious variants for so long that I lost the joy along the way. This week I feel it's within reach again. Thanks for reminding me to acknowledge the feeling.
@dannyboy, 'Ostara' is coming. Nature has been granted reprieve for over a year. There is great hope that this will herald the change that is so sorely needed.
Thank you for sharing. My heart sings of joy ❤️
@dannyboy We yesterday hiked through the woods to the dune top and the woods felt alive. Well, of course, they are! lol I mean it felt more alive. Theses below us was a cool blanket laid out before us in its varied blues. One of my fave quotes is by Oscar Wilde “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” ???
So after a morning full of Zooms Ollie (Oliver Wendell, our chocolate lab) and I went out again today. I did not feel anything I felt yesterday that kicked off all these beautiful responses from you all! But that may be partly because the temperature is about 20 degrees cooler today (high 30s) and the wind is so strong it felt colder than that. For now however, I will look forward to these daily walks as an opportunity to commune a bit with the world around me more than I have before.
I will say that Oliver is enjoying these walks. He has this look that I can only call a "smile" and it's plastered on his face the entire walk! Okay so part of that may have been his jowels fighting wind resistance today, but I swear it's there whenever we go out ?. He's gotten quite rotund this winter (haven't we all!?) so the walks are for both of us.
There's a spot - I'll try to get pictures when things are in bloom - It's absolutely beautiful and I feel like the center of whatever it was I felt yesterday was there - I just couldn't get there because the walking trail off the road is pure mud at the moment.
@dannyboy hahaha so true what a difference a day makes. We went to race point beach in ptown w binoculars to see some whale spouts or maybe even a breach but the wind was fierce and the white caps made it difficult to decipher. And since I’m near sighted in my right eye and far sighted in my left, seeing through binoculars is challenging at best. Lol but the sun finally came out and we did push through the wind to get a 1.5 mile walk in which is better than nothing!
Tucker Snarlson, what a joke that guy is.
Isn't it fascinating that these tough-talking wannabes who've never served in the military are so fond of telling the badass women who have and do that they shouldn't?
I remember last year around this time there were a few predictions regarding the Ides of March. The phrase has been running around in my head again lately, and now I feel like something's coming on the 15th this year? Could be my subconscious wishful thinking, we had a full pandemic breaking loose March last year but could we be in for another big event. I noticed John Dean claims T will get indicted 'within days' and maybe that's it, but feels like there's more. Anyone else have any thoughts or sensations around mid March this year?