JanBeek

Write a story using 6 sentences. No more. No less. Today’s prompt: GROUND.

In spite of a couple months of dryness, the ground was opening up to new growth.
It was February in Montana, but Mother Earth was tricked into thinking it was springtime!
Birds tried to settle in the bluebird box while crocus decided the 50 degree days were an invitation.
They sprang from the ground with a fervor that was destined to be short-lived.
Not too soon, not soon enough, the rain, sleet, and the winter snows came and nearly buried the blossoms.
But the evergreen trees were so grateful, and so were we… because the thirsty ground really needed that moisture… and so did we!