First Day of Spring and it's Snowing

As of this writing it is the first day of spring for the year 2009. It is snowing in 11001 and 06037. Despite this I am in a less unpleased mood than usual. Perhaps because I who enjoy history & archaeology have this sense of ancientness about this day. Great pains in older cultures went into calculating this day......observing this day ...........having expectations for this day & the near future. Through celebrations , spiritual ceremony and just knowing it is the first day of a new season. Survived the winter , expectations often turn more positive. The season which goes before all others in it's inport for the rest of the year. I am pleased somewhat, to be part of the equation ancient and modern of this day.