Good Monday everyone,
Over this past week, I've observed a lot happening in nature and weather here in central Pennsylvania. I've been working with a Landscaping company doing Spring cleanup and mulching for some money before going into the Art Festival season. The work has been good, hard, you know you've done something at the end of day type of work and it's been wonderful to be outside! The first few days of crisp, damp mornings and gorgeous sunshine were followed by a dramatic cool down and some good soaking rain and even snow showers throughout Friday morning! Luckily the temps did not drop far enough below freezing to do any damage to the early bloomers and now in the midst of several days of warm sunny weather ahead again, I think by week's end we are going to be seeing quite a noticeable change in the landscape!
Spring is well thought of as a time of renewal, hope, new life. Two of my favorite words to describe it for sometime have been rejuvenation and innocence. There truly is nothing like witnessing the grass green back up, the flowering trees and shrubs showing off their colorful blooms, and the tiny dots of the freshest, most vibrant green of the trees throughout the forests and mountainsides! And our minds and bodies seem to Spring forth with nature, bounding with energy from the Winter slumber. This rejuvenation of spirit throughout nature makes me think of the pure innocence of a child, everything in the world gleaming and wondrously new.
On that note, I feel a positive energy and sense of hope in what I am seeing, the things that are happening all around. I will be elaborating more on this soon, but for today, I leave you with this - this week, take note of the wonder in the smells of the Earth, the rain, the sunshine, the blooms. Soon, the trees will be bursting with life, and one of my favorites, the Eastern Redbud, will be showing off its "Innocence"...
Brandon Kline
"Innocence"
