Spring!

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Spring Rain - Photographer, Gary St. Jean

Even though it was pouring down rain in Astoria this morning, Spring began today at 7:44 a.m!

Spring is one of my favorite seasons...with Spring, comes the promise of flowers blooming, gray clouds turning to sunshine days......warmth.....new life....amazing and glorious!

I remember one special spring morning so clearly...it was after a long, rainy, especially gray winter here on the Pacific NW Coast. My dad came for a morning cup of coffee. We sat outside and visited. Listened to the birds and after a bit he grabbed a broom, started sweeping the porch and said, "there is nothing better than the first wisk of a broom in spring, to lift one's spirits."

I loved that.