Spring is Here. Right.

I know spring officially begins at the spring equinox.

But, for a number of years now,

we have celebrated March 1st as the first day of spring.

There are a number of reasons for this:

• If summer vacation is traditionally June, July, and August, then it follows that spring is March, April, and May.
• The first of the month is a more concise system for us OCD types.
• I have difficulty remembering whether the equinox is March 20th, 21st, or 22nd.
• The week containing March 1st is often the week that robins and bluebirds return, shivering.
• October is literally the eighth month, implying that the year starts in March.

If the robins come back this week, they're crazy;

March 2008 entered as a major snowstorm.

Mother Nature is still wearing 10 inch boots.

S.

PS. The day after I posted this, Den heard a robin in Clearfield, and tonight one flew over the house while Den was in the hot tub. Crazy.