Welcome Spring

So spring has arrived and we can officially say goodbye to a winter that was indeed very forgettable. Snow and school closings were few and far between and there weren’t too many mornings in which you needed to scrape your car’s windshield before getting started. I’m pretty sure there were more afternoons which saw me wearing shorts rather than needing gloves and it was a good winter for those who insist global warming is fact not fiction. However it was not a good winter for sales of rock salt, snow shovels and snow blowers and certainly for those who earn a living by plowing the white stuff that rarely appeared.

But that is now all part of the past because spring brings optimism and a bounce in your step. Many are not very happy about having such an early Easter along with a spring break from school but to be honest in recent years
it hasn’t really warmed up until May anyway. However the calendar clearly tells us that warmer days are around the corner and another sign of spring is
the start of the baseball season. The major leagues actually open next week. at least for the Red Sox and Athletics who are playing in Japan. The Yankees, Mets and Phillies begin on March 31st and the BlueClaws opener is just three days later at FirstEnergy Park with the local high school teams to follow.

Each day brings a later sunset and no longer do you need to hibernate at night with kids playing outside after dinner. Before you know it temperatures will be in the 60’s, then 70’s and you won’t have any excuses for not getting daily exercise with a walk or a bike ride on the boardwalk an inviting way to start or finish your day. Gas prices may be soaring, the stock market dropping, there’s still a war in Iraq and plenty of bad news and tragedy. However spring marks an ending and beginning we can only hope better days lay ahead. At the very least they’ll be warmer and longer.