Why Do Our Spirits Seem to Rise with the Temperature?

It’s that time of year when everything smells clean and alive—new flowers and plants are poking through soil that the winter’s thaw left softened, you can wake up to  birds chirping again, and splendid colors begin to appear on a landscape that’s seemed brown and barren for a long time.

At Innsbrook we can tell that spring is really here, not just because of the warmer temperatures and longer days, but because nature—the heart of Innsbrook—is coming to life around us. We’ve had more than our share of rain so far this spring, but that hasn’t stopped us from enjoying being outdoors after such a long winter.

In fact, the rain seems to make some of us even more determined to get out and explore. The nature trails are particularly beautiful this time of year; you can walk down certain segments of trail once a week and see different flowers in bloom on every trip. Several waterfalls appear when we get rain, and are beautiful additions to the stunning scenery.

A lot of Innsbrook’s wildlife has also started to make its springtime debut: hummingbirds return to Missouri in late April and early May, and many of our property owners like to put out a feeder or two (or six!) for the colorful birds.

The horses are stretching their legs and happily reveling in the sun in the pastures, eagerly waiting for those spring and summer rides. We’re seeing our property owners taking longer walks and lingering a little later over a glass of wine on the deck or at a family picnic by the lake. One thing is for sure— at Innsbrook, whether human, animal or plant, you’re glad spring is officially here.