Taking the back roads

Today I realized what the sound of silence is all about.  Stasia is out of school this week on spring break and the neighbors next door were out last week so she doesn't have anyone to play with, except me. We have been spending the days doing a few things, like a 4 mile round trip bike ride to a park.  Yipes, I need to get back to that cause I was popped when we got home.  Anyhow, a lot of time we have been just sitting outside (me that is) while Stasia rides her bike around the street.  We live in a very quiet neighborhood where the only cars you see belong to people in the neighborhood. Be that as it may, today we sat out for an hour or so and it was so quiet.  The only sound you heard was Stasia laughing at something she saw and the wind.  It's kind of a dank day cause the sun isn't out yet and the clouds are still around and the wind is blowing a tad more than lightly... and therein is the sound the silence. It is so relaxing to hear nothing but ...

Finally, it seems like the south, at least this part of the south, spring has decided to come visit for a while.  After what seemed like a very long winter, in other words, temps in the 20's, 30's and 40's most of the time, it's  become a bit warmer. According to those in the know, like the neighbors who have lived in this area most of their lives, this has been a very, very cold winter.  Not like some of the others with terrific ice storms with lots of wind and even some snow, but cold nevertheless.  For a transplanted west-coaster, it’s been exceptionally cold, rainy and cold and even cold.  I think you might be getting the picture.  But in the last week or so, the sun has been shinning and the weather has been warmer. Take this past Sunday for example.  The temps were in the low 70’s and the sun was shinning… just my kind of weather be it here or in So Cal.  We decided to check out one of the local parks we have seen driving by.  Of cou...