For those of us from temperate climes (I live in four distinct seasons in Southern Japan), spring as very exciting and miraculous. Every day there is something new; there are flowers where before there were only dead branches, and there is green bursting out of what was mud. The yellow green of new, delicate leaves brings happiness and hope, and the first balmy breezes come to give us a sense of freedom. Where I live, the cherry blossoms burst into dazzling pinkish white in an almost shocking display of beauty, then along the same balmy winds flutter through the streets and alleys like exotic snow. It is then that you know the warmth is back and old man winter has retreated to his tomb for another year.
from: http://ezinearticles.com/?Spring-Is-On-The-Way!&id=5856824
