Well, we may have a leonine presence in the sky with this Leo full moon, but the “in like a lion, out like a lamb” period of spring is still a few days away in March. It’s been a sheet of ice here for a couple of weeks, and every time it melts it freezes over again! Certainly we can feel that we’re closer now to spring than we are to winter…but the dreary, damp (and today, very windy!) days can be a bit demoralizing. Still, it’s over 50 here today, and even with the clouds and wind, it feels glorious. You can smell the mud and you know what’s under that mud? Flowers! Yep, they really are there waiting to come up! What’s that you say, it’s supposed to snow next week?
Sigh. Okay, I get it. I’ll be patient.
I love weather proverbs, and this one feels a bit biblical in its imagery. Lions lying down with lambs and all that. But it’s also a study in contrasts, and how dramatic the transition from winter to spring can be. Here is hoping the lion will go easy on us. So, how about some lions among flowers today?