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the season nature hits ctrl+alt+delete and reboots everything green and horny
means Spring is the season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow, but the same word also names a coiled metal device that bounces back, a source of water rising from the ground, and the act of leaping suddenly.
from All these meanings spring from one old idea: leaping up, bursting forth. The word descends from Old English 'springan,' meaning to leap or burst out, with relatives across the Germanic languages (German 'springen,' Dutch 'springen'). A 'spring' of water is where it leaps from the earth; the season is when plant life springs up (it was actually once called 'springing time' or 'spring of the year'); and the metal coil springs back when released. One verb of sudden bursting energy, branching into a season, a fountainhead, and a bouncing wire.
- seismic shift
- Earth's tilt, not warmth, triggers the whole show
- equinox trick
- day and night nearly tie, worldwide
- first bloom
- snowdrops punch up through frozen ground
- sap surge
- trees pump rising fluid to wake their branches
- name origin
- named for plants 'springing' from the soil
spring equinox — occurs around march 20-21 each year in northern hemisphere
fountain of youth — actual spring in st. augustine, florida, usa
hotaka spring — natural hot spring in hakusan, japan, flows at 60°c