Spring already?

We were down with flu these past few weeks, as was most of Helsinki/Espoo. Most people I work with had the symptoms over the past few weeks.

One side-effect of falling sick is that I can't do some yoga in the morning or the walk in the evening.

I love walking. It might not be the most efficient form of exercise. But I love the space it provides to think.

Today, as I walked the same path again, it felt different. As I crossed the yellow iron bridge, there was water in the spring below. There were a couple of ducks frolicking in the water.

As I walked further, toward the beach area, I could hear the birds somewhere up above, chirping. The grass had turned green! There was moss on some stones, on tree trunks. There were more people about as well.

And I thought, is this why they call it spring? Because nature springs back to life, from the death of winter?