They say timing is everything.

This tiny crocus knew what it was doing when it chose to be one of the first flowers of spring.  If it bloomed during the summer it would be totally overlooked.  But blooming in March, when all around is drab and brown, the crocus simply warms my heart.  It seems to say, “Hurray!  Spring is on it’s way!”

It also says to me:

• Rake out the flower beds.
• Sweep out all of the dirt and gravel from the garage.
• Clean the windows.
• Eat some strawberries.
• Plant some peas!

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring!
To this small nook of earth;
Feeling and fancy fondly cling
Round thoughts which owe their birth
To thee, and to the humble spot
Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

– Bernard Barton, To a Crocus

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