Perpetual Ruminations

Springy Snooze Button

Today, for "Two Word Tuesday" we were asked to give two words that best describe spring awakening...

There were many terrific responses that did just this. But, I went with the first thing that came to mind, "Hits snooze" simply because here, in northern Minnesota, spring does just that.

Last week we had spring; the grass was starting to turn green, some of the migratory birds returned to the feeders, the trees have spring buds on them, and there were even a few die-hard insects flying around.

But, with the coming of the weekend we arose to a return of winter, it seemed that spring had woke up, but then hit the snooze button and fell back to sleep for a few more days. Yesterday, she awoke again bringing warmth, sunshine, and melting a lot of the snow. Today she once again hit the proverbial snooze button. This time, when she fell back asleep, she didn't dream of heavy snow and blizzards, just grey skies and cold.

I know that here in northern Minnesota, spring is not an early riser; she hits the snooze button quite a few times before she actually gets up. Even then, she has been known, on rare occasions, to lie back down and fall back asleep later in the season.