Spring has Sprung
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.
Stasia, Jenia and I did the short walk from where we parked to the main part of the park where the playground equipment was located. It is really a very nice park with lots of trees, a really nice .8 mile walking trail and lots of benches and tables for lunches or just sitting watching people and nature. Of course there is a small lake with ducks and that will be great for later on when we want to feed them the bread we are gathering at the end of the loaf. Jenia took the whole walk and said it was very refreshing. For me, just the short walk we did pretty much did me in. The good knee is OK but the other one is really causing problems. To me it would be a better trail to bike ride cause it has little hills going up and down. However, I’m not sure it’s wide enough to handle walkers and bikers… maybe during the week when there aren’t so many people walking.
For me, one of the lovely parts of this being spring is the awakening of the flowers and trees. We have some lovely flowers in our back yard (which is large enough to take a nice stroll around) and some big trees. I’m not sure what these flowers are… I think jonquils. Around this area, one of the first trees to bloom is the dogwoods. They really are beautiful… but I have a feeling very messy. I remember in CA in the spring one of the nicest trees and the one I loved the most was the jacarandas. Their flowers are a beautiful light purple in color but boy are they messy especially when the flowers fall on your car. Be that as it may, the dogwoods are incredibly beautiful.
From what I gather, you southern guys got another batch of cold weather and white stuff. And we call those yellow flowers "daffodils" out here. I think "jonquils" is an eastern term.
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