Twenty years ago I had this VHS tape (remember those). The tape is a collection of cartoons made by a variety of studios and one of them, made by the Happy Harmony Studio is called: To Spring. The cartoon begins in the midst of a repressive Winter where snow and ice cover the bleak surroundings. Quickly we are taken underground to a cavern where many Elves (possibly the Underwear Gnomes, working their 3rd job) are waking up. These Gnolves begin their work making the colors; like paint and ink they work in their cavern and pump these nutrient saturated colors back into the Earth bringing forth Spring. For a moment there is a struggle as “Old Man Winter” fights to keep his icy world but Spring wins out for now. And now after all these years I’ve found that cartoon and I think I will watch it because like it or not the months of being stuck inside enduring cold miserable weather are almost over. It is Spring, time to air out the house and go for a walk and see if the problems that festered confined in the cold are really so bad. Course today is April Fool’s Day, who is to say that the weather doesn’t have a sense of humor.
