{"id":1805,"date":"2026-05-02T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:48:47","slug":"the-breath-of-spring-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1805","title":{"rendered":"The Breath 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\/2026\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Breath-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><a>The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words.\u00a0 Try as I might to capture the sights and sounds and smells of spring, words are not adequate to describe the joy I feel during a walk on a spring-time morning.\u00a0 Yet I strive to explain my experiences in an effort to preserve the beauty so that I might visit it in my thoughts again and again.\u00a0 I find that it is during this hopeful time of year that we are inspired to make changes\u2026 to begin again with a fresh start.\u00a0 As the spring rains begin to fall and new life is coaxed out of its winter slumber, we too begin to awaken to new possibilities in our lives.\u00a0 Spring is a time like no other and so I try to put into words the very breath of spring\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-daf1cec53224e89c54ffa259694a1b8b\"><br><strong>The Breath of Spring<\/strong><br>By Krista Longeway<br><br>A gentle wind softly caresses my upturned face<br>As it dances through the branches of a nearby tree<br>Cherry blossoms above form a pink canopy of lace<br>The breath of spring carrying their sweet perfume to me<br><br>The trees carry the rhythm of spring\u2019s gentle shower<br>And new leaves flutter and sigh as the wind passes by<br>Bees quietly buzzing from flower to flower<br>As fluffy clouds sail across a deep blue sky<br><br>When spring rains begin to fall, on the wind you can smell<br>The sweet scent of damp earth and of green growing things<br>Birds chirping above in the trees, their songs will tell<br>Of the wonder that the breath of springtime brings<br><br>Can words explain the joy that\u2019s felt on a springtime morn?<br>Can words ever be enough to share the feelings it will bring?<br>Can words describe the beauty of new flowers as they form?<br>Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words.\u00a0 Try as I might to capture the sights and sounds and smells of spring, words are not adequate to describe the joy I feel during a walk on a spring-time morning.\u00a0 Yet I strive to explain my experiences in an effort to preserve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,1,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-new-beginnings","category-uncategorized","category-spring","category-the-garden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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