Welcome Spring with a Bees and Fields Quilt Block

Bees and Fields Quilt Block Pattern Information

Welcome, Spring!  I am so thankful that it's officially spring!  Spring begins around March 20 of each year.  That day is called the spring equinox.  An equinox occurs when the sun is just above the equator.  At this time the days and nights are of equal length everywhere.

After that, daylight continues to get longer.  In fact, in spring, the temperatures spring upward and the hours of daylight get longer at a quicker rate.

Spring

I’m shouting

I’m singing

I’m swinging through trees

I’m winging sky-high

With the buzzing black bees.

I’m the sun

I’m the moon

I’m the dew on the rose.

I’m a rabbit

Whose habit

Is twitching his nose.

I’m lively

I’m lovely

I’m kicking my heels.

I’m crying “Come dance”

to the freshwater eels.

I’m racing through meadows

Without any coat

I’m a gamboling lamb

I’m a light leaping goat

I’m a bud

I’m a bloom

I’m a dove on the wing.

I’m running on rooftops

And welcoming spring!

                        Karla Kuskin

Our first day of spring has brought beautiful, sunshiny (albeit windy) weather with a high of 57 degrees.  What was your first day of spring like?  Inquiring minds want to know!   By commenting, you'll be entering to win a copy of A Time for Peace (Quilts of Lancaster County) by Barbara Cameron. If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others. The winner will be announced on April 1.

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post March Redwork Snowman and Spring Daffodils.