A Celebration of Spring

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A Celebration of Spring is a celebration of something fresh, something new, and also a new beginning. I came across these inspirational quotes about spring and would like to share them with you.



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Awake to Spring
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

—Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Autumn arrives in early morning,
but spring at the close of a winter day."
-- Elizabeth Bowen
"If we had no winter,
the spring would not be so pleasant;
 if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome."
-- Anne Bradstreet

"Sweet springtime is my time
is your time is our time f
or springtime is love time
 and viva sweet love. "
-- E.E. Cummings

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HAPPY SPRING Pictures, Images and Photos






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Comments

Cecelia Dowdy said…
Wonderful pics! I hope you have a happy and blessed Spring, too. Ya know, I read an article once, stating that Spring is when Christians celebrate the birth of John the Baptist? None of the churches that I've attended ever did this. Have you ever heard of doing this? I guess the timing of Spring being around John the Baptist's birthday comes from the fact that we celebrate Jesus's birthday at Christmas (although, Jesus wasn't really born on that day).

I hope you have a blessed week!
March 21, 2012 at 7:02 PM
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