The chimes of spring

It’s been a wonderful winter: long, snowy, crystal cold.

We’ve delighted in waves frozen solid, red barns buried under snow and empty jetties.

But now, it’s going.. slowly and reluctantly, winter is receding…

Losing its grip little by little, it bids us farewell with the chiming of hundreds of little bells as the ice breaks up and clinks cheerfully together.

And then one day, the chiming is replaced by the cheerful hellos of birds greeting each other after a sunny winter in Africa or the Mediterranean.

The ice has become the matter it came from: water.

And – oh! – the glorious sun dazzles the senses and soothes the soul.

As George Eliot once wrote: “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.”

To seize more golden slices of life, please visit: My World!