MARILYN CORNWELL: Marilyn's Photos - Mar 29 2026

Do we pay attention to the spaces between? The physical gap, distance or interval separating objects, words, or moments. Is a musical note an object or a word?
The Japanese word for this is "Ma." It represents areas for potential growth, mindfulness, and calm amidst daily activity.

That is how I consider the end of March - it is a time between - winter has ended, but has Spring begun? Most people want Spring to start, so they are in anticipation and in that space between.

It makes me wonder how do people determine that Spring has begun. There are three areas in nature:

Migration - there are legions of Robins everywhere. That certainly is a sign of Spring.
Blooming flowers - there are snowdrops, crocuses, irises. It likely is the daffodil that is the defining flower of Spring. So we are not at Spring yet.
No Snow - daytime temperatures staying consistently in the no snow zone - not like yesterday's mini-blizzard for a few minutes. We're definitely pre-Spring when it comes to snow.

We can get snow into April. It might only be a blizzard moment, but it weighs on the mind. That widely varying temperature range keeps people from embracing the arrival of Spring. The average snowfall in April in Centra Ontario is a discouraging chart to review. While it says 2.1 inches/5.4 centimetres, we want assurance that the snowfall is happening at the beginning of April rather than the end.

So here we are at the interval between, and a musical interpretation of difficult times.