It's spring!

Here it is, the day we've been anticipating for lo! these many months. The Earth is tilted on its axis, so as it travels around the Sun each pole is sometimes tilted towards the Sun and sometimes tilted away. It is this tilt that causes the seasons, as well as the shortening and lengthening of daylight hours. On this day, the north and south poles are equally distant from the sun, so we will have almost exactly the same amount of daytime as nighttime.

Emily Dickinson wrote, "A little Madness in the Spring / Is wholesome even for the King." It's wholesome for all of us in the Pacific Northwest, too.

Despite our bravado, our professions to the world that we love the rain, the damp, the grey skies, the occasional power outages, we all start to feel better at the onset of spring. More and more you'll see Bainbridge Islanders outside, walking, chatting, attending more and more outdoor events. And you'll see more and more tourists walking and grazing along Winslow Way.

This is also the time the housing market starts to pick up. It's a great time to be alive, and a great time to buy, and when it's a great time to buy, it's a great time to sell!