In like a lion and out like a lamb….
We might wait for the lamb-like gentleness of late March, but
in France, the lion and lamb part of the weather are all mixed together in one
day. “Les
giboulées de mars”, translated as “spring downpours” is the transitional
moment between winter and spring with strong winds, random showers, snow, hail,
and plunging temperatures. Often,
between showers, the sun comes out and gives the impression of a pleasant day.
The first of the month, we were graced with 10 inches of
snow, which melted the next in the near 60 degree (F) temperatures. That was followed by two days of non-stop
monsoon like rain, a day of sun, and then grey skies which occasionally
showered us with hail or melted snow.
Today, snow has been predicted and we’re hovering around freezing.
I guess whatever you call March, where ever you are, March
is March. It’s not the luminous joys of
winter nor the soft tender greens of spring.
It’s a passage between the two, sometimes all in one day or painfully
stretched out over a month. “Les
giboulées de mars”, or “the lion and the lamb” are the harbingers of
spring, which everyone impatiently waits for, no matter where you are.
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