Yesterday, I stated that “spring is getting serious” and I stand by what I said.
However, winter is a fierce old warrior and dumped two inches of snow on us today in the early morning hours. At work people were complaining that, “It is April 4th, winter should be over by now”.
But winter is over, spring has already won. It has conquered the rivers. It has awakened the animals: birds, insects and mammals. It has helped the grass to begin growing again.
Now it would be perfectly acceptable for winter to save its pride and concede with dignity at this point. After all, winter had a good run this year. It draped the land in a thick layer of snow and held it there, unflinching for months. Now the power it once had wanes steadily every day, while spring continues to grow in might.
Winter, though, never surrenders. Today it summoned all the strength it could to cover the countryside in snow, knowing that the effort is in vain.
Everywhere spring is taunting.
The river roars with victory.
The birds twitter in laughter at its feeble attempts.
The grass grows steadily greener.
People are grumbling as they trudge quickly through the melting snow.
Every instinct, every bit of common sense screams at winter to stop the fight, to move on, to rest and regain its power to use in full force at the end of autumn.
But winter battles on despite the taunts, the grumbling and the date on the calendar. While it has any strength left, it will fight.
And that is why I admire winter more than any other season.
It never gives up.
Too true! Nice post.
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Thanks!
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Nice post. You have a good writing style.
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Wow, thank you, that means a lot to me as I admire your writing style immensely.
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Thanks.
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I remember about 10 or 12 years ago getting 10″ on April 21st! I guess that happens here about once every 23 years! I slept on an air mattress behind my cash register in our jewelry store. It happened once when I was in high school too I think in 1973 or so. School was closed for a week trying to get roads cleared. We had drifts by our place in the country then over the tops of the school bus! Today? 64 degrees, sunny and a bit windy. I got a nice 25 mile ride in.
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That’s great! One Mother’s Day, we had a mini snowstorm, that was pretty surprising. Winter is a tricky dude.
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Or lady! Pedalworks is right. You do have a nice style. That’s coming from a former English teacher.
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Thanks Dan!
And you are right, winter could be a lady. Or maybe winter is just a season and not an actual person at all, who knows 😉
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My cousin made fun of me a few years ago for calling my lowest gear the granny gear. Why isn’t it the grandpa gear? Why isn’t it just 1st gear? Ah semantics! Happy Easter! He is RISEN!
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Happy Easter! He is risen indeed! Oh glorious day!
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I love this post and admire winter’s tenacity, despite my adoration of warm spring days.
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Warm spring days are the best! (Don’t tell winter I said that though.)
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And that’s why we admire Bri. Ride on, don’t give up, stay the course of the winter bike warrior!!
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I will do my level best 😉
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