Although we haven't quite reached the equinox just yet, we've set our clocks forward here in Oregon, and the crocus have already given way to hyacinth and daffodils. Spring isn't waiting for the calendar - she's sprung!

 I absolutely love this time of year. Everything is full of potential and just bursting with life. It always seems to come as a surprise to me. I'm always at a place where I've resigned myself to winter, and to the northwestern cold and damp, and suddenly there's light! There's life in the trees and flowers, birds begin to sing, and I remember and appreciate how free and wild life really is.