Spring Plannings

For good or bad, spring has officially sprung here in LA. While the east coast is pummeled by snow storm after raging snow storm, and spring seeps gently in other states, here, it is as if someone flipped a switch.We went from chilly air, cool breezes, weak sun and foggy mornings to the full-blown technicolor that is California sunshine. Where in the shade it's perfect, under direct rays, it can feel like you're on the wrong end of a kid's magnifying glass experiment of fried bugs.While the heat is not my thing at all, the sudden burst of vibrant pink and white from the magnolias and jasmine plants is brilliant.And the smell... swoon.The internet says Leo Tolstoy wrote, in Anna Karenina, “Spring is the time of plans and projects" and that is what this week feels like to me. The past 2 weeks, I spent quite a bit of time catching up, digging out of email, and running errands - basically recovering from the first month and a half of the year.Now that I'm caught up, Mercury's direct, and my birthday is this week, I am ready to dive into those plans and projects - lining up with the seasonal shift, the glow of nature returning.