Animals seek warm shelter, and the woods become calm and quiet. The first big snowfall brings noisy snowplows and impatient people. The cheers of children are heard because school is out. The colors are crisp, and dull, as sugar sprinkles over bare oak tree branches. As the snow finally melts, and the ground thaws, indications of spring start to appear.
More daylight brings a stronger sun.
The birth of spring brings new innocent lives into the world as animals become one with the environment. Bugs, ticks and other newly hatched insects cling to the budding trees. In the evening, crickets from the meadow fill the air with their wonderful music. In the morning, flowers open up to greet the sun as chirping birds sit on green branches. The newly budded, tender leaves and flowers release a powdered yellow to our noses, as pollen streams down the sides of roads and dumps a layer of soot on parked cars.