While exploring the Iranian media, i found these photos quite refreshing, specially for those Iranians who live abroad. Now probably every house in Iran is clean & shinny & Sabzeh* is grown.
I read on Wikipedia that in Afghanistan, Albania, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kosovo also they observe the arrival of spring, along with Uyghurs and Salars in China.
However, even if i was not an Iranian, i would really prefer spring to the cold freezing winter. Or maybe that’s just me; i love sandals more than boots!
I must admit that i’ve caught a bad cold just in last days of winter. By the way, my Sabzeh seems quite lame this year since i tried to grow green beans for the first time. I had to do it at least a week sooner & they don’t seem to grow enough until new year eve . Only 5 days to go and my Sabzeh needs a miracle!
Well, That’s how the sticky winter is going to finally ends. Doesn’t matter. Let it go. I can’t wait for Spring 
* Sabzeh is wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sprouts growing in a dish – In Iranian culture, it symbolises the rebirth
March 17, 2011 at 9:18 am
Beautiful images, I hope you have a happy Nowruz and I hope your green beans have a big growth spurt!
March 20, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Nowruz mubarak!
April 14, 2011 at 9:21 am
well, that is striking.
hope all is going well with you in china or iran or where ever you are…lol.
green beans, eh? not a bad bean…
let me offer you a spring and summer idea…as bizarre as it seems…
not preaching another religion, just sharing knowledge you will soon need and many will wish they had…you should find this most powerful and safe(i.e. no side effects.) as far as i can tell, this was not common knowledge even in those days, only a few of the prophets knew and none did not share it openly.
get some figs…spank them with a thin rod, bruising htem up…
let them rot…to the point they are putrified…
when they are truly disgusting, runny rotten…roast them…roast is good in fire(heat), roast it good stirring so it does not scorch.. roast until it is not runny, then while still roasting mix in olive oil and raisins, mixing well, to sort of a plaster let it roast a while longer…
then take completely off the heat and let cool some, but while still warm, add honey to taste…(make sure it is off the heat before you do add the honey).
it is medicine for famine, pestilence and sword…do not shrug us off before you atleast test this simple thing…
an amazing, wonderful working medicine…this too, is found in the prophecies…jeremiah to be exact.
can be consumed for any type of flu symptoms, no matter how severe, even the plague..for real..chlorae, dysentary, scurvy, ect, ect,,,prolly much more..
plus, it does not have to be comsumed can be used as an ointment, so to speak, on many things like boils, infections, pain…
it was given to the them by GOD, but they were not allowed to share it with israel, because the nation had not only rebelled against HIM, and not only were disobedient, but were never obedient to start with so HE kept those good things(like this and the thing we shared with you your last new years..) from them…. because they pursued the things and idols of the heathen nations instead, therefore they were rejected, and in that rejection, were rejected from obtaining the knowledge of the prophets that GOD promised them that HE’d raise up to lead them into health and prosperity if they obeyed…
there are other things to do with them(rotten figs, roasted), but we have not found those things out yet.
but just like the power code we shared last year, which gives of no pollution this too has NO bad side effects…
which is what separates true medicine from witchcraft, no matter how secular or well intended…same with the power source…as with all good gifts.
happy new year…
for victory and peace,
seldom