spring
Beijing Spring Snow
I love springtime. From the fragrance of blooming trees and bushes, to the gray morphing to green, to the rain showers that clear the air, it is by far my favorite season. Of course, I don’t suffer from allergies like thousands of others do, so when I see the snowfall of flower pollen filling the air, it just makes me smile as another sign of spring.
Spring is Coming...by Tuesday?!
My favorite season has always been spring. I love the warmer temperatures, longer days, and the smell of fresh greenery and blossoms. It’s the hint of summer, the end of a cold winter, and just the sense of a new beginning all around. Officially, at least for the Northern Hemisphere, spring is on March 20, which is tomorrow (Tuesday).
Yet, THIS was outside on Sunday morning. Really?!
Finally, Spring has Sprung on Beijing
Reina and I have been discussing the signs of spring since the Spring Festival, especially since the city decided it was time to switch off the heat on March 15. We both like snow and winter, but with so little snow this past winter and plenty of dry, cold weather, we are both ready for warmer days and a greener cityscape.
Over the past few weeks, we have noted the melting of the ice on our pond, the slow return of insects, the first hints of life in otherwise dormant fields of grass, and a rise in the volume of birdsong in our Wangjing neighborhood. Still, we don’t officially call it spring in our family until those first blossoms on the trees arrive; that’s when life is breathed back into the world and the Technicolor profusion of the season explodes before our eyes. More so than usual, this year I’m impatient for its arrival.
