It's time to start a new year

The last one's gone so fast

Things have happened, good and bad

And now they're in the past.

It's time to look towards the spring

When beauty fills the air,

When birds return from far and wide

And there's greeness everywhere.

The spring bulbs appear and show their heads

And things begin to sprout

How lovely it is to be alive

And go on a walk-about.

Bob Lowe,