While people are facing worry and isolation about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a little bit of beauty has started to spring up in the form of, well, springtime.
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As if little beacons of hope, plants are starting to spring forth from the ground, buds are beginning to open and flowers are starting to bloom.
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March is typically one of the months in Connecticut when the changing of the seasons is felt the most. Snow is common, but, then, so is warm weather.
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The coming of spring takes no one by surprise, but the little signs of life returning in nature may offer may, to many, offer hopeful signs for better days ahead.
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Editor’s note: All of the photos in this article were taken in the downtown New Britain area.