Oh, glorious Spring of warmth and sun, I welcome thee to Minnesota. Thou hath been too long absent.
Thy clouds have overshadowed this land, casting weariness upon the souls of all who dwell here.
Thy waters have poured forth from the heavens and fraught despair in the hearts of those who till the soil.
They who shelter the beasts of the earth have anguished.
But thou hath arrived in green pastures where cattle graze.
The sheep eat of the new grass.
And the mighty trees bask in thy beauty.
The people note the quiet unfurling of the leaves. Thou hath caused them to rejoice.
© Copyright 2011 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
Beautiful pictures. They make me homesick. Here in my part of Montana we rarely get that green. No matter how much it rains.
Ah, didn’t mean to make you homesick…