It’s another of those wondrously colorful springs in Lawrence.

It’s happening again, and isn’t it wonderful? Springtime beauty in Lawrence, we mean. Sure, it happens pretty much every year and those who are less sensitive could become so blase as to take it for granted. Fortunately, there are not many like that among us. So there is a warm sharing of it all.

The forsythia is brightening the landscape with its golden arrays, the redbud trees are adding varying degrees of purplish crimson and the Bradford pears are erupting wondrously with their glowing white offerings.

Spring, in fact, is busting out all over, as the old Benny Goodman recording declared about June. And no matter how many times one witnesses this profusion of visual candy, it always has a terrific newness about it.

After all the trials and turbulence and conflict of recent days, weeks and months, it is refreshing to realize that there are some constants in our lives that virtually nothing nor anyone can deny us. If we take proper notice.

Other events and relationships may rise and fall with the tide of uncertainty, but Mother Nature with all her resources and resilience travels steadily along the path of beauty and renewal.

There are daffodils, jonquils and their relatives nodding their heads in concert with their larger cousins, and such greener beings as hostas are beginning to emerge from the soil in promising fashion.

What a show, and what a treat! Before too long, a lot of this early color may give way to broader general greenery. But for now the brighteners are setting the stage for another enjoyable spring that hopefully will spawn showers to sustain the area through another Kansas summer.

Artists, photographers, writers and philosophers have attempted time and again to give us lasting samples of what a beautiful spring can add to our lives. But as good as they are at their crafts, they still fall short of the real thing.

So waste no more time indoors. Get out, even if it’s a little nippy, and take advantage of this spring delight that is being visited upon us. It’s a welcome invitation to put other things into better perspective.