Spring 🌻 Season 🌹

🌷  🌹 Spring 🌻 🌼

Spring in Northern Hemisphere

Spring Starts   March 20
Spring Ends  June 21

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Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. 

There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. 

When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring (or vernal) equinox, days and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with day length increasing and night length decreasing as the season progresses.

Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Cultures may have local names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe.

Amazing Nature
Beautiful Blooming Flower Time Lapse

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Natural Events
During early spring, the axis of the Earth is increasing its tilt relative to the Sun, and the length of daylight rapidly increases for the relevant hemisphere. The hemisphere begins to warm significantly, causing new plant growth to "spring forth," giving the season its name.

Any snow begins to melt, swelling streams with runoff and any frosts become less severe. In climates that have no snow, and rare frosts, air and ground temperatures increase more rapidly.

Many flowering plants bloom at this time of year, in a long succession, sometimes beginning when snow is still on the ground and continuing into early summer. In normally snow-less areas, "spring" may begin as early as February (Northern Hemisphere) or August (Southern Hemisphere), heralded by the blooming of deciduous magnolias, cherries, and quince.   Many temperate areas have a dry spring, and wet autumn (fall), which brings about flowering in this season, more consistent with the need for water, as well as warmth. Subarctic areas may not experience "spring" at all until May.

While spring is a result of the warmth caused by the changing orientation of the Earth's axis relative to the Sun, the weather in many parts of the world is affected by other, less predictable events. The rainfall in spring (or any season) follows trends more related to longer cycles—such as the solar cycle—or events created by ocean currents and ocean temperatures—for example, the El Niño effect and the Southern Oscillation Index.

Unstable spring weather may occur more often when warm air begins to invade from lower latitudes, while cold air is still pushing from the Polar regions. Flooding is also most common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year, because of snow-melt which is accelerated by warm rains. In North America, Tornado Alley is most active at this time of year, especially since the Rocky Mountains prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading eastward, and instead force them into direct conflict. Besides tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms can also produce dangerously large hail and very high winds, for which a severe thunderstorm warning or tornado warning is usually issued. Even more so than in winter, the jet streams play an important role in unstable and severe Northern Hemisphere weather in springtime. 

In recent decades, season creep has been observed, which means that many phenological signs of spring are occurring earlier in many regions by around two days per decade.

Spring in the Southern Hemisphere is different in several significant ways to that of the Northern Hemisphere for several reasons, including:

1. There is no land bridge between Southern Hemisphere countries and the Antarctic zone capable of bringing in cold air without the temperature-mitigating effects of extensive tracts of water;
2. The vastly greater amount of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere at most latitudes;
   
3. At this time in Earth's geologic history the Earth has an orbit which brings it in closer to the sun in the Southern Hemisphere for its warmer seasons;
4. There is a circumpolar flow of air (the roaring 40s and 50s) uninterrupted by large land masses;
5. No equivalent jet streams; and
6. The peculiarities of the reversing ocean currents in the Pacific.

Cultural Associations

Carnival
Carnival is practiced by many Christians around the world in the days before Lent (40 days, without Sundays, before Easter). It is the first spring festival of the new year for many. 

Easter
Easter eggs, such as this Ukrainian one, signify the Resurrection of Jesus.
Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[19] Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the "third day"  (two days after his crucifixion), and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day, two days after Good Friday. The date of Easter varies between 22 March and 25 April (which corresponds to between 4 April and 8 May in the Gregorian Calendar for the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar). In the Southern Hemisphere Easter occurs during autumn.

May Day
1 May is the date of many public holidays.  In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labor Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. As a day of celebration, the holiday has ancient origins, and it can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times. Many of these customs are due to May Day being a cross-quarter day, meaning that (in the Northern Hemisphere where it is almost exclusively celebrated) it falls approximately halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. In the Celtic tradition, this date marked the end of spring and the beginning of summer. 

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Ecological reckoning

The beginning of spring is not always determined by fixed calendar dates. The phenological or ecological definition of spring relates to biological indicators, such as the blossoming of a range of plant species, the activities of animals, and the special smell of soil that has reached the temperature for micro flora to flourish. These indicators, along with the beginning of spring, vary according to the local climate and according to the specific weather of a particular year. Some ecologists divide the year into six seasons.

In addition to spring, ecological reckoning identifies an earlier separate pre-vernal (early or pre-spring) season between the hibernal (winter) and vernal (spring) seasons. This is a time when only the hardiest flowers like the crocus are in bloom, sometimes while there is still some snow-cover on the ground.

Amazing Tulip Fields

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Related

• Saint Patrick's Day (northern hemisphere)
• Easter day (northern hemisphere)
• Spring cleaning
• Chinese New Year
• Holi (India, Nepal)
• May Day (many countries)
• Passover (Israel)

Beautiful and Unusual Flowers

Around the World

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Spring 🌍Vernal Equinox

Spring Equinox
 Vernal Equinox

The Spring Equinox marks the real Astronomical Start of Spring.

 

Earth spins on a tilt of 23.4 degrees off vertical

An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment when the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun’s disk, which occurs twice each year, around 

20 March 
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23 September

In other words, it is the point in which the center of the visible sun is directly over the equator. This simplified, but incorrect, understanding of Earth’s orbital motion can lead to errors of up to 69 seconds from the actual time of equinox.

The instants of the equinoxes are currently defined to occur when the ecliptic longitude of the Sun is either 0° or 180°. As the true motion of the Earth is affected by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon (and to lesser extent the other planets), there are tiny (up to 1¼ arcsecond) variations of the Sun’s ecliptic latitude (discussed in section below) that may mean the Sun’s center is not precisely over the equator at the moment of equinox.

On the day of an equinox, daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration all over the planet. They are not exactly equal, however, due to the angular size of the Sun and atmospheric refraction. The word is derived from the Latin aequinoctium, from aequus (equal) and nox (genitive noctis) (night).

Date
When Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar in 45 BC, he set 25 March as the date of the spring equinox. Because the Julian year is longer than the tropical year by about 11.3 minutes on average (or 1 day in 128 years), the calendar “drifted” with respect to the two equinoxes — such that in AD 300 the spring equinox occurred on about 21 March, and by AD 1500 it had drifted backwards to 11 March.

This drift induced Pope Gregory XIII to create a modern Gregorian calendar. The Pope wanted to continue to conform with the edicts concerning the date of Easter of the Council of Nicaea of AD 325, which means he wanted to move the vernal equinox to the date on which it fell at that time (21 March is the day allocated to it in the Easter table of the Julian calendar). However, the leap year intervals in his calendar were not smooth (400 is not an exact multiple of 97). This causes the equinox to oscillate by about 53 hours around its mean position. This in turn raised the possibility that it could fall on 22 March, and thus Easter Day might theoretically commence before the equinox. The astronomers chose the appropriate number of days to omit so that the equinox would swing from 19 to 21 March but never fall on the 22nd (although it can in a handful of years fall early in the morning of that day in the Far East).

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1- Animation of Earth's rotation around the planet's axis

2- Earth spins on a tilt of 23.4 degrees off vertical

Spring Starts 🌷 Monday, Mar 20 🎼

Spring Starts 🌻 Mar 20th

The first day of spring (March equinox or vernal equinox) is when the sun shines directly on the celestial equator passing from south to north and the length of day and night are almost the same. This is referred to as astronomical spring or the March equinox or vernal equinox.

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Pretty Yende

🌹Voices of Spring 🌻Frühlingsstimmen
Johann Strauss II - Verbier Festival
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Astronomical spring starts at different times around the planet because of the different time zones as related to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, same as Greenwich Mean Time based on the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

For countries located west of UTC your spring will start earlier than countries located east of UTC.

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She handled the wardrobe malfunction perfectly! Not to mention that she has one of the great soprano voices ever.
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When the strap of her dress broke she handled it with class . She kept singing beautifully.
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Not only do we South Africans boast pretty Pretty's voice but also her elegant attire was designed by one of our most talented home boys, Henry Schickerling of Tosca New York!

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https://youtu.be/lUlakwsdo5c

Spring 2026   Friday, March 20 2026          Sunday, June 21 2026

References:
1.”Greenwich Mean Time”    - Wikipedia, wikipedia.org.
2.”Seasons and Earths axis”   - National Weather Service, weather.gov.

Astronomers and calendar manufacturers alike say that the spring season starts on March 20 in all time zones in North America.

Thu, Mar 20, 2025 

Spring Ends 🌷 Fri, Jun 20, 2025

Spring 🌹 the Most Delightful 🌻 Season

Spring Is the Most Delightful Season

15 Scientific Reasons Why

Summer, Winter, and Fall may have their fans

But Spring is Clearly the most Lovable of the Four Seasons. 

Not convinced? 

Here are 15 scientific reasons why spring is great:

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1. TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATE.

Spring marks the end of blistering winter and the transitional period to scorching summer. In many places, the season brings mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s. People tend to be most comfortable at temperatures of about 72°F, research shows, so the arrival of spring means you can finally ditch the heavy winter layers and still be comfortable.

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2. THERE IS MORE DAYLIGHT.

Following the spring equinox, days begin lasting longer and nights get shorter. Daylight Saving Time, which moves the clock forward starting in March, gives you even more light hours to get things done. Those extra hours of sun can be a major mood-booster, according to some research. A 2016 study of students in counseling at Brigham Young University found that the longer the sun was up during the day, the less mental distress people experienced.

Antonio Vivaldi 🌹 Spring
  Asturia Quartet
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https://youtu.be/OrXHmukpd5Y?si=Ndvl3prYVPWiTWCp

3. THE BIRDS RETURN.🐦

Many animals migrate south during the winter, then head north as temperatures rise. For relatively northern regions, there is no better indicator of spring than birds chirping outside your window. Their northward migration can start as early as mid-February and last into June, meaning that throughout the spring, you can expect to see a major avian influx. In addition to the satisfaction of marking species off your bird-watching checklist, seeing more of our feathered friends can make you happy. In 2017, a UK study found that the more birds people could see in their neighborhoods, the better their mental health.

4. THERE ARE BABY ANIMALS EVERYWHERE. 🐣🐤

Many animals reproduce in the spring, when temperatures are warmer and food is plentiful. Baby bunnies, ducklings, chipmunks, and other adorable animals abound come spring. Studies have found that seeing cute animals can have positive effects on humans. For instance, one small study in 2012 found that when college students looked at cute images of baby animals, they were better at focusing on a task in the lab. Being able to watch fluffy baby squirrels frolic outside your office window might make spring your most productive season of the year.

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5. YOU'RE SAFER.

In 2015, a pair of public policy researchers discovered a hidden upside to "springing forward" for Daylight Saving Time. It reduced crime. When the sun set later in the evening, the study published in the Review of Economics and Statistics found, robbery rates fell. After Daylight Saving Time started in the spring, there was a 27 percent drop in robberies during that extra hour of evening sunlight, and a 7 percent drop over the course of the whole day.

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6. YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE.

Warmer temperatures mean you can spend more time outside without freezing your feet off, which is great for mental health. Across the seasons, research has found that taking walks in nature slows your heart rate and makes you more relaxed, but some research indicates that there is something special about spring's effect on your brain. A 2005 study from the University of Michigan linked spending 30 minutes or more outside in warm, sunny spring weather to higher mood and better memory. But the effect reverses when spring ends, since being outside in the warmest days of summer is usually pretty uncomfortable.

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7. IT MAKES YOU MORE CREATIVE.

That same University of Michigan study found that spending time outside in the sunny spring weather isn't just a mood booster, it actually can change the way people think. The researchers found that being outdoors broadened participants' minds, leaving them more open to new information and creative thoughts.

Vivaldi - Spring (Four Seasons)
Beautiful  scenery from around the world in 4K.
The Modena Chamber Orchestra
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https://youtu.be/qJLwgiul0A?si=Nzcm_PkutF1IqyiM

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8. THE LEAVES COME BACK.

Spring brings green growth back to plants and trees. Depending on where you live, trees may begin sporting new leaves as early as mid-March. That successful spring leaf growth ensures a cool canopy to relax under during the hot summer—a hugely important factor in keeping cities comfortable. According to researchers, vegetation plays a big role in mitigating the urban heat island effect. When trees release water back into the air through evapotranspiration, it can cool down the areas around them by up to 9°F, according to the EPA.

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9. GROWING PLANTS ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE.

It's amazing what a little sun can do for plants and grass. Through photosynthesis, plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into food, releasing oxygen in the process. That means as plants start to grow in the spring, they pull carbon out of the atmosphere, providing an important environmental service. Plants take in roughly 25 percent of the carbon emissions humans produce, absorbing more than 100 gigatons of carbon through photosynthesis each growing season. Because of this, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere drops each spring and summer. (Unfortunately, it rises in the winter, when most plants aren't growing.)

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10. IT'S EASY TO FIND FRESH PRODUCE.

Many vegetables and some fruits are harvested in the spring. 'Tis the season to get your local asparagus, greens, peas, rhubarb, and other fresh produce. Getting more fruits and vegetables into your diet isn't just good for the body; it's good for the soul. A 2016 study of more than 12,000 Australians found that when people increased the amount of fruits and vegetables in their diet, they felt happier and had higher rates of life satisfaction. If they increased their intake by eight portions a day (a tall order, we know) the psychological gains were equivalent to the change in well-being people experience when they go from being unemployed to having a job, the researchers found.

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11. FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM.

After months spent conserving energy, flowers bloom in the spring, once they sense that the days have grown longer and the weather has turned warmer. That's good for humans, because several studies have shown that looking at flowers can make you happy. A 2008 study of hospital patients found that having flowers in the room made people feel more positive and reduced their pain and anxiety [PDF]. Another study from Rutgers University found that when participants were presented with a bouquet of flowers, it resulted in what scientists call a "true smile" a full 100 percent of the time. Seeing flowers had both "immediate and long-term effects" that resulted in elevated moods for days afterward, according to the researchers .

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12. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE OUTDOORS.

While it's important to keep moving no matter what the weather, research shows that working out can be more beneficial if you do it outside. A 2011 study found that, compared with an indoor workout, exercising outdoors in nature increased energy levels, made people feel revitalized, and decreased tension, among other positive effects. People who worked out in the fresh air also tended to say they enjoyed the experience more and would be likely to repeat it, suggesting that using nature as your gym might help you stick with your exercise regimen. While those benefits probably extend to winter, too, it's a whole lot easier to stomach the idea of a run once the weather warms up.

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13. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DRY AIR.

Flu season in the U.S. typically lasts through the fall and winter, usually peaking between December and February and tapering off during the spring. The seasonal change is in part because of dry air. Cold temperatures mean a drop in humidity, and indoor heating only makes the air drier. This lack of moisture in the air can dry out your skin and the nasal cavities, leading to nose bleeds, irritated sinuses, and a greater risk of getting sick. Since the mucus in your nose is designed to trap viruses, when it dries up, you're more likely to catch something nasty, like the flu. As the weather warms up and becomes more humid throughout the spring, that mucus comes back. As the season wears on, not only can you lay off the body lotion, but you can probably put away the tissues—if you don't have spring allergies, that is.

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14. YOU CAN OPEN YOUR WINDOWS.

Temperate weather makes it easier to get the fresh air you need. Opening your windows and allowing the breeze in serves as an important way to ventilate indoor spaces, according to the EPA. A lack of ventilation can lead to an unhealthy concentration of indoor pollutants from sources like cleaning product fumes, certain furniture and building materials, and stoves (especially gas ones), posing a threat to your health and comfort. Winter brings the highest rates of indoor pollutants like nitrogen oxide, a 2016 study of unventilated stove use in homes found. Spring brings the perfect opportunity to throw open those windows and doors and get the air moving again.

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15. YOU CAN GET YOUR VITAMINS NATURALLY.

Sunlight triggers your body to produce vitamin D, which keeps your bones strong. At northern latitudes, it's extremely difficult to get enough sun exposure naturally to maintain healthy vitamin D levels during the winter—even if you did want to expose your skin to the elements—but that starts to change during the spring. One Spanish study found that in Valencia (which shares a latitude with Philadelphia, Denver, Baltimore, Kansas City, and several other major U.S. cities), people only need 10 minutes outside with a quarter of their bodies exposed to the spring sunshine to get an adequate daily dose of vitamin D.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55573/15-scientific-reasons-spring-most-delightful-season

Watch a Garden Come to Life
Breathtaking Time-Lapse
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St. Patrick's Day ☘️ Misconceptions

Everything You Know About

🇮🇪  St. Patrick's Day ☘

😮 Is Wrong 😲

By Christine Dalton

Typically, we associate the holiday with drinking, drinking, and drinking. Oh, and being Irish.
But there's a lot more to St. Patrick's Day than most people know. Truthfully, you've probably been living a lie.
When you learn all the facts, this holiday actually kind of... sucks.

 
Sorry to burst your bubble...
But here are  Honest Facts

About St. Patrick's Day. 
 

St. Patrick wasn't Irish 😲

Historians believe he was born in what is now England, Scotland or Wales. 

St. Patrick's color is... Blue!

WE'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE. 
You might want to hold off on the green face paint this year.

St. Patrick's Day as we know it was invented.... in America!

Really?! Catholic University's Irish American expert, Timothy Meagher, explains that St. Patrick's Day celebrations began in the 18th century in American cities with large Irish immigrant populations. 
"It becomes a way to honor the saint but also to confirm ethnic identity and to create bonds of solidarity," Meagher explained. Really. 

March 17th is the day St. Patrick died.

 

So you're celebrating his death....   

 

St. Patrick didn't drive all the snakes from Ireland🐍

 

Probably because there's no evidence that snakes have EVER existed in Ireland. The climate is much too chilly for them.

🍀 The shamrock isn't the symbol of Ireland ☘

Sure, you can find shamrocks all over the Emerald Isle, but the real symbol is the harp.   

🍺 St. Patrick's Day used to be a dry holiday 🍺

Today's booze-bags look to the holiday as a great excuse to start drinking Guinness at 9 AM. Until 1970, however, all pubs in Ireland were closed in observance of the religious feast day.

Corned beef and cabbage isn't a traditional Irish dish.

 

It's just about as Irish as spaghetti and meatballs. You're better off sticking to Guinness.   

🇺🇸 There are more Irish people living in the U.S. than Ireland  🇮🇪

The population of Ireland is about 4.2. million. In contrast, there are around 34 MILLION people of Irish descent living in America.  1  Your odds of finding a four-leaf clover are slim to none. 

1 in 10,000 to be exact. Ouch.

But let's end on a happy note.
At least these two guys are Irish.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Everyone!!

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