Happy Spring

Spring has well truly arrived here in Dublin. The weather is lovely and the snowdrops, crocus, narcissi and daffodils are blooming to brighten our lives.

I found this sweet little spring photograph on the internet.

Changed the dresser for Spring, clean and bright.

I love to change my dresser according to the Seasons.  After Christmas, everything seems heavy, so to lighten the mood in the house and my mind, I make little changes around the house to bring a light and airy feeling ready for Spring.  It also motivates me to get started on the spring cleaning. I look forward to the longer brighter days, hearing the birds singing while they are busy building their nests.  In my opinion, one couldn't help but feel happy and hopeful.

Which reminds me!  I was introduced to Emily Dickinson's delightful poem "Hope" by my Son, while he was learning it at school, and it remains one of my favourite poems to this day.

Hope is the thing with feathers

that perches in the soul

and sings the tune without the words

and never stops at all.

And sweetest in the Gale is heard

and sore must be the storm

that could bash the little Bird

that kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land

and on the strangest sea

Yet, never in extremity

It asked a crumb of me.