Spring is sprung!
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Manitoba, Canada
Spring arrived here with an uncharacteristic “bang” and “chirping” during the night, with the first rains and (freakishly-early) first thunderstorm—accompanied by the first frog songs of the year.
Best wishes to colleagues near and far on this vernal equinox (a day earlier than usual on the calendar, by dent of 2012 being a leap-year)… in particular to all my Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, and Zoroastrian friends; and Happy New Year to colleagues and acquaintances throughout the Indian sub-continent!
Eid-eh Shoma Mobarak! نوروزتون مبارک
Painting: Return of Spring by William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1886.