Spring 2011 Officially Started
The season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring".
You can see tiny buds coming out. You hear birds chirping early in the morning. So, springtime is here again. The temperature today is between 10-15 degree celsius.
Actually the meteorologist know that the spring begins on 1 March. Their argument is that a period of three months in every season. But the astronomers calculate the beginning of the spring based on the position of the earth with respect to the sun. If it stands precisely above the equator in March, then the spring begins. That this spring begins on 21 March, comes temporarily no longer for. In the coming years begin the astronomical spring every year closely on 20 March and from 2044 even on 19 March.
But anyway, I am glad that the cold days were over. New life has begun. The plants have started to bear flowers and leaves. The birds are busy preparing their nest for the coming of the small ones. Read more...