Spring scenes

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." - Hal Borland

Did you think it would never end? You know, winter? Oh sure, it's officially been spring for like a month now, but even last week here in our little corner of Indiana, there were snow flurries and frosted windshields a couple of mornings. 

Yet, despite our impatience and fears that winter may actually last, gosh,  forever, spring arrived - not just in name, but in action. Temps stretched into the 70s and the sun shined all weekend here, ushering in a gorgeous Easter Sunday.

It was the perfect day to grab the camera and capture the moment.

Baskets line a tree outside an art shop in downtown New Albany, Ind.

Sculpture in downtown New Albany, Ind.

Stations of the Cross.

To you it may be a nuisance, but to a bee, it is life giving.

The real gift of this weekend was not just the warm weather and sunshine, it was also the reminder - at Easter, no less - to remain steady in our faith.

When it seems our sorrows, tribulations ... our long, cold, dark winter ... will outlast us, we are granted a reprieve; a promise kept of better days and of light; of life reborn beside us, all around us, and even underneath our feet.

"He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay." - Matthew 28:6 

 

Happy Easter!