Springtime in a Bottle

For me, spring is the most thrilling and joyous time of the year. The celebration of life fills me with wonder and awe: the scent of melting snow, damp earth, and later the cherry blossoms and the blooming magnolias, which among the still-bare trees seem like ethereal beauties. From the first days of March, in the gusts of moist, warm wind, one can feel the breath of life itself, filling nature...