Spring Readiness Just Isn’t There

Spring readiness has been a problem this year. Why couldn’t I get moving? More than politics and relationships, and work are in flux for many of us. And then there’s the weather. It’s hard to let go of the dreary season. The weather in Upstate NY has been tumultuous, to say the least. We have experienced days where fluffy white stuff has fallen and forced the tips of the hyacinth to stay put in the supposed-to-be-warmer-by-now soil. Nights of frost have been warmed by days where the temperatures hit the eighties, only to be followed by days of thunder and storms which were accompanied by flood watches. The weather has been all over the place! All four seasons in one week? Yeah … we got that.

Too Much and Not Enough In Nature

I swear the full moon has prompted a growth spurt in the grass as my lawn looks like it grew three inches overnight. But for all my wanting and yearning for Spring to arrive … I’m not ready. The trees downed by the last storm have yet to be cleared – and now my lawn needs to be mowed. Gardens put to bed to overwinter need to be cleared and set up with plants that will provide a bounty of yummy treats through the summer. The most I was able to accomplish in the bleakness of the lingering chilly weather was to put the wooden rockers out on the back porch; the glider remaining in the shed for its coat of water sealer – yet another thing to do!

And What Should I Do With My Clothes

And then there’s the annual switching of the clothes. Winter sweaters sit in piles on the bed in the guest room… unsure of the season, I have left them out just in case their warmth would be needed. Meanwhile, their summer cousins wait in the storage containers on the same bed, my reluctance to trust the weather has left them in limbo.

Obviously, I need to get moving. By waiting for the sun to shine to spark my moving forward, I have allowed myself to stay stuck in the gloominess of the season that wouldn’t let go. I wonder where I’d be had I let go first?

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