gorse yellowing – and
hearts are quickening as signs
of Spring gladden them

Happy February. What happened to January? Time flies. What a joy to think that Spring lies just around the corner. That lovely old-fashioned word ‘quickening’ walked with me this afternoon – a ‘coming to aliveness’ – and I marvel that this becoming is so, for all of us. Winter may freeze time one day and fly on another, but it doesn’t last forever. Spring springs, and having learned some valuable lessons for the future of our world along the way, we’ll be glad to vote for it …