APRILE
ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE, FERTILITY AND AGRICULTURE BY THE ANCIENTS, APRIL IS A MONTH OF BEAUTY AND BOUNTY.
RAMPS, ONION GRASS, CLEAVERS, VIOLETS, AND DANDELIONS ARE ONLY A SMALL SELECTION OF THE FORAGE THAT EMERGES ON THE FARM THIS MONTH.
OF COURSE, WITH EACH RAIN THE GRASS BEGINS TO GROW VIBRANTLY AND VIGOROUSLY- MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF BUSTER!
EARLY SPRING CROPS ARE TRANSPLANTED AND SOWED. KALE, LETTUCE, ARUGULA, CILANTRO, ONIONS, CABBAGE, CARROTS, BEETS, TURNIPS AND MORE. ALL SET OUR MINDS AND HEARTS IN MOTION WITH UNBEARABLE EXCITEMENT.
TREES ARE AROUSED FROM THEIR WINTER’S SLUMBER AND BIRDS BEGIN TO RETURN IN EARNEST. FLOCKS OF BRILLIANT BLUE JAYS AND MURMURATIONS OF STARTLING STARLINGS, TO NAME A FEW. A FLASH OF EYE CATCHING ORANGE ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF THE ORIOLES!
WHAT DO OUR EYES MISS AMONGST ALL THIS SPLENDOR? WILL OUR EARS IGNORE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT?
APRIL BESTOWS GIFTS IN ABUNDANCE IF WE ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE OFFERING. THE TIME TO BE THANKFUL AND PRAISE IS SURELY UPON US.