Day 65
Spring has arrived! Officially, by the calendar a few weeks ago, but also from my personal references of spring …
The flowering trees are in bloom and their fragrance has perfumed the air all around my house … and neighborhood. While taking a walk yesterday I was worried we’d hyperventilate from doing so much sniffing and deep intake breaths! It was glorious. The white trees are fat with blossoms this year and I want to just climb up in one and get lost for several hours. That would be nice! The pink crab out my front door is gorgeous and so fragrant and I’ve pruned a few branches and brought them inside so my kitchen is now equally as yummy smelling! Ahh!
Lilacs. They are one of my all time favorites … a very romantic flower; I had them in my bridal bouquet. Sam brought over a huge purple bouquet yesterday and somehow they are still alive in the vase on the kitchen counter (with the crab blossoms, my Easter lily and the lilacs my house smells like a floral shop!) … they are exquisite in perfect plumpness and heart shaped leaves. We usually do not see lilacs until around Mother’s Day so we are a good month to five weeks early with our spring blooming. Fine by me! I’ve waited long enough!
And with the warmer days I have open windows and open windows bring the scents and sounds of the outdoors … inside. Being three houses from the elementary school, Spring brings to me the laughter and shouts and squeals from the playground during recess! I love it … all that childhood fun wafts in my open windows and it is pure joy!
And today is opening day at Coor’s Field … the Rockies play the Giants. I don’t really care who wins it’s just the fact that baseball is here and that means warmth and summer and hotdogs. (Even though I don’t eat hot dogs they always sound really good!) When the kids were little we went to a few games – each of us taking on the personality of one of the Blake Street Bombers at that time and whenever that player would do well, we’d congratulate each other on our fine playing abilities! It was really fun. I haven’t been to a game in a long time … since the night Tim and I huddled under the top right field awning in a torrential downpour! But rain or shine … baseball means spring and summer and with today’s opening day … so starts those seasons! Yahoo!
Around here Spring is usually a mixture of warm sunny days in the 70’s followed by, all too often, a giant snowstorm of great depths. March and April are our snowy months but so far … dry and clear and warm. I am NOT complaining! We are not out of the woods yet and for all of you who I’ve seen at the garden centers these past few weeks with your carts overflowing with annuals … I hope you are keeping them cozy in your house for the next month cuz it’s way too early to be planting them outside here in Denver!
On all accounts … I’m going to keep enjoying the sights and sounds and scents … Welcome Spring!