Yesterday, March 20th. As of 1:14 Eastern time in the morning, it’s spring in the northern hemisphere. While celebrated by poets, composers, and artists, people of every age will also be glad to welcome a change in the weather after the long winter. While winter may hang on in spots around the country for a few weeks more, the time is coming for spring rains and soon afterward, a profusion of flowers in an infinite variety of colors. Those whose green thumbs have been itching all winter are eager to get their hands dirty. Three-out-of-10 U.S. households cultivate flowers, and one-in-four have a vegetable garden or take part in landscaping, while close to one-in-five plant flower bulbs. Twelve percent maintain a water garden. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Sources: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2012, p. 178 Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1242
Saw a couple of positive things in the newspaper worth commenting on. Thanks to Sam and George Watkins for the “filling the tank” for the United Way fundraiser.
And I liked Dennis Tharrington’s explanation of the logic behind the “Leading Edge” branding. I think he’s right when he says that if we don’t tell folks that, it won’t happen.