Easter Weekend Weather

​Lots of dramatic weather is at play in Meadow Sweet Grove this Easter with beautiful sunshine one moment ... and hammering hail the next! Soon the wind will come and scatter away the last of the cherry blossoms that have managed to withstand the hail. But never mind - Spring has sprung!

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Like Spring weather, new beginnings aren't always gentle

On a Spring visit to England one year, we were fortunate enough to see a lambing at a farm in Yorkshire.  It was an incredible bit of magic to happen upon.  Amazing also was watching all the other sheep come over to inspect the two new little arrivals ... and their obvious empathy when one wasn't moving.  Fortunately, help was on hand and soon he was happily received by his mama.  ​

Lamb #2 isn't moving...

the farm hand swings him by the hind legs, quite briskly, in a side to side arc...

...and he's okay!!!

A Happy Easter Ending!

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Maybe this is why illustrators in days gone by infused such charm and sweetness in their now-vintage renderings.  Not the artist's attempt to deny or downplay the harshness of birth or life itself, but rather a celebration that life is very, very good indeed.  The incredible uplifting feeling when a new life arrives.  I think all those dear images of newborn animals to celebrate Easter, Spring and New Babies, were a way to express this hope and happiness, optimism and joy that they felt when watching new little ones experience the joy of life ... and those around them.

​Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 ​​​