I noticed over the weekend that the bush closest to the front door was starting to show a little green. Just a tiny bit, but it was there. A couple days later, I took a picture because, no really, we're in the first third of March and our bush is already leafing out a bit. Yesterday, one of our room renter clients came in and mentioned the ( Read more... )

After questioning when things were really in bloom, nature went and showed me, oh, we're good now. On the way to work yesterday, I saw several trees and bushes, in a few different places, were starting to leaf out. Aha. Here we go. Our unusual warm weather--we're talking 60s and 70s--has kicked everything into gear. The red buds were awakened last ( Read more... )

For the end of February, yesterday was beautiful--in the 50s, sunny, on the cusp of spring. Since it's getting lighter, I found myself at a park before band, able to walk around for a bit to enjoy the end of the day. It's clear, just from watching the animals for a few minutes, that spring is in the air. Just watch the ducks. Oh, man, the males ( Read more... )

I had to go to the bank yesterday, so we drove past the high school on our way there before going grocery shopping. Imagine our surprise to see fans in the stands and football being played ( Read more... )

(I still need another day before I type up yesterday. Remember, the longer it takes me, the shorter the post ( Read more... )

This is a thought I've had for probably two weeks now--the birds don't know the world has been upended. It's springtime. They're going about their business. They just keep flying and chirping and building nests and what have you. I've been opening my window, even just a crack, for days, trying to get some fresh air into my room since I'm ( Read more... )

Happy spring! I live for this day as soon as winter arrives, because winter is cold and mean and makes you drive through snow. And, this year, ice, because global warming is a thing no matter what our illustrious president says. (In past years, the ice stayed down south because, being northerly enough, we were too cold for ice storms. So much ( Read more... )

What a weird spring we're having. It wasn't that long ago that I was cleaning snow off my car. Then, all of a sudden, the switch flipped and we've had warm--nay, hot--weather. I had to put the air on in my car a few times because it was legitimately hot and/or humid. My temp gauge read 90F at one point! Holy cow. Dad even put the air on in ( Read more... )

Ohmygosh, spring finally found its keys and the directions to Chicagoland and showed up late last week ( Read more... )

Late last week, I started noticing the trees were budding again--at least, those that were smart and didn't start sprouting during our unusual warm spell in February. This is more like it, though still earlier than in past years, when I recall Green Day starting in April. It was the kind of thing where, last Thursday and Friday, I was asking ( Read more... )