At the end of the winter the temperature grows milder, the snow begins to melt, the sky becomes blue, and great white clouds drift over it. The sun grows warmer and under the bright sunrays the icy sheet on the rivers and lakes cracks and begins to melt, and soon there is no more ice but plenty of water, and we say that the river is in flood.
The damp black earth comes out in the places where the snow has melted and there are rivulets flowing down the streets. The air is fresh, it smells of the damp earth and the young buds on the trees.
The first snowdrops appear, the grass shoots up and grows visibly. The buds gradually turn into tiny young leaves and a light wind stirs them softly.
The birds come back from the warm lands and twitter in the trees, and bathe in the puddles left after a spring shower. Thin new blades of grass come up and the blossoms on the fruit-trees come out, filling the air with their fragrance.
Everything looks fresh, new and jayous. It's Spring, the revival of Nature.
All photos taken with the canon EOS 7D.
