Spring

Spring is here and we are reminded once again of the endless cycle of life and death. Each season has its attraction; each has its own beauty, but spring is the time of the quickening − the most joyful and energetic of the seasons. The energy of spring is special. After the little death of winter, flowers suddenly bloom − a carpet of bright colours appearing as if by magic; the busy hungry insects are buzzing; the hard, tight green buds on the trees so full of summer’s promise; the calm infinite clear blue sky dotted now with fluffy clouds; the birds singing for all they’re worth frenetically trying to…