The
forsythia in the kitchen windowsill has small greenish shoots that are emerging
from the buds. These are the sepals that cover the developing yellow petals
underneath. To pass by and glance, you wouldn’t notice a significant change
from a week ago, but after a few days in the sunshine of the window, it is
undeniable that the flowers are beginning to form.
The
same is happening in the soil, still locked beneath the snow that is receding
little by little with the warming temperature. Down below, life is beginning to
stir and multiply. Worms will soon ascend from the lower soil to begin turning
the humus, springtails and mites emerge from eggs, hungry for detritus to feed,
and myriads of microorganisms - all part of the vast organic web of life that
is within the soil, is capturing energy and cycling matter.
These
things take time, and like the clippings on the windowsill, the changes are
gradual yet building like a tide toward this thing we call spring.
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