At last in the area of Central California where I live, far up into the mountains of the El Dorado National Forest, we feel the touch of Spring. Although we have had snow in June before, by this time, we usually accept that the threat is gone and the biting chill in the air gives way to fragrant and fresh mountain air. The active time of the year begins and we feel the stirrings of new life and new beginnings within.
Spring’s Promise
When Mother Earth shakes off her sleep
And stirs the world to wake
Our fields and forests, beasts and birds
And fishes in the lake
All loose the chains of Winter’s hold
An answer to her call
In breathless, eager joy of life
All creatures great and small
Embrace the promise of warmth to come
The quickened life within
The Wheel now turns the sacred path
And heralds work begin
As Nature shakes away the cold
From fur, scale, feather, and skin
So do we do we also wake to life
As without, so within
~~Katrina Rasbold
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