Are you prepared for the start of spring? I hope so because, ready or not, here she comes! At 11:06 PM this evening, to be precise, winter will end and springtime will begin as we celebrate the 2024 spring equinox.
![Snowstorm, March 19, 2013 (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2167-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
I find that spring’s arrival rarely follows a predictable schedule. Each year unique. And, in spite of the heathen thrill that comes with romancing celestial and meteorological rituals, it would appear that the vernal equinox is merely a symbolic approximation of springtime.
(Source: Vernal Equinox: Barred Owl Sighting)
![Snowstorm, March 19, 2013 (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2170-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
And so it is that we find ourselves observing the spring equinox with chilly, cloudy conditions. 24° this morning and 37° now, but feels like 31° with rising humidity and wind at 8 mph from the west-northwest (but gusting up to 19 mph.) Not especially springlike!
![Snowstorm, March 19, 2013 (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2168-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
But I won’t complain as we’ve experienced far more wintery conditions at this point in years past.
![Snowstorm, March 19, 2013 (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2166-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
In fact, in order to mine reassurance from relatively recent Rosslyn experience, the photos in today’s post recollect a FAR more hibernal March 19, 2013. (To be fair, the spring equinox took place the following day on March 20, 2013, but you get the point!)
![Snowstorm, March 19, 2013 (Photo: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2169-1.jpg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
So here we are, at the cusp of spring, and far less wintery that spring equinoxes past. I gather optimism where I can!
What do you think?