Why today is the first day of spring
Feb 1st, 2012 | By Ian Poulton | Category: IrelandThere was a chill in the air, but the morning was bright. ‘The first day of spring’, I commented to the lady.
‘So they say’, she said, ‘but I think there is still some winter to come. It’s cold out there this morning’.
‘But it’s not about the weather, is it? It’s about the light – the darkest season of the year is over’. The lady gave me the sort of look she might have given to a strange eccentric. To try to have explained what I meant would probably …