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“My great-grandfather wrote this,” Arlo says. “‘March 18th. Snow today. But the sap ran yesterday. The equinox is the gate, not the garden. We open the gate on the 20th, but the garden starts when the heart says so.’”

Lena, hurt and defiant, challenges him publicly. “My grandmother’s lilac bush has buds. The chickadees changed their song. That’s spring, Arlo. Not some number on a page.” seasons dates in usa

The town gathers in the town square. Snow is melting. Lanterns glow. Lena unveils her finished mural—not just crocuses and sun, but Arlo’s sundial and a single snowflake melting into a flower. “My great-grandfather wrote this,” Arlo says