{"id":1374,"date":"2024-03-20T15:11:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:31:09","slug":"hints-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"Hints of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hints-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hints-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hints-of-Spring-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hints-of-Spring-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-066cafb1a20c05a38d50b6203c2e3f8d\">Spring on the prairies of Alberta is a long-awaited season that emerges after a seemingly endless cold winter.\u00a0 As the snows melt, all that is stark and bare comes to life again, bringing with it a feeling of hope and promise.\u00a0 Because the winters are so long, spring is more pronounced in the prairies. The sharp cold of winter is replaced by warm breezes and sweet rains.\u00a0 The earth begins to smell green again and the sound of birds chirping merrily in the trees awakens us in the mornings.\u00a0 On these first spring days, even the animals can feel the change in the air and you can see them leap and play in the fields.\u00a0 It is a time of joy that calms the weary heart and whispers of hope and new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5585cd6b54f2dc3a0982eb871f8aaf52\" style=\"background-color:#fcfc0078\">\n\n<strong>Hints of Spring<\/strong>\r\nBy Krista Longeway\r\n\r\nI know I feel spring in the air this morn\r\nAs winter melts away in the warm sun\r\nWhenever the new calves and lambs are born\r\nEven the animals will leap and run\r\n\r\nThe birds are all chirping without a care\r\nGladly announcing a time of rebirth\r\nSnowdrops and daffodils wave in the air\r\nAs they emerge out of the cold damp earth\r\n\r\nI hear the pattering of the spring rain\r\nAs it splashes in puddles on the ground\r\nTurning the whole world to green once again\r\nAs sun gently warms the earth all around\r\n\r\nCherry blossoms form in countless number\r\nGracefully adorning branches on trees\r\nAwakening from long winter\u2019s slumber\r\nAs fragrant pink petals float in the breeze\r\n\r\nThe first hints of spring are a welcome sight\r\nAs sun touches down like a gentle kiss\r\nBringing a new year of growth and delight\r\nAnd renewed feelings of hope and promise\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring on the prairies of Alberta is a long-awaited season that emerges after a seemingly endless cold winter.\u00a0 As the snows melt, all that is stark and bare comes to life again, bringing with it a feeling of hope and promise.\u00a0 Because the winters are so long, spring is more pronounced in the prairies. 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