Within the last 7 days I noticed tiny dark bunched buds in the lilac bushes of my back porch. Today I noticed the lilac flowers opening in my neighborhood. They don't have much of a smell yet, though ( Read more... )

On Monday I went for a bike ride, and saw the most amazing tree. Two trees, acually, just full with puffy blossoms. One tree was almost white, and the other was light pink. A bird - a mocking bird - was sitting across from this tree and, as far as I could see, declaiming the beaty of that moment. I pulled over my bike and tarried there a ( Read more... )

yesterday I saw a pink tree, *full* of bees


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Yesterday it was a beautiful day on the east coast, up north. I went to visit a community farm in the morning, and being around the baby cows and pregnant goats, and walking in the muddy ground with the melting snow and the warm sunlight - it inspired me to go home & get a head start on my garden. I pulled out all the old dry plants (& plowed a ( Read more... )

Today in my ballet class we were talking about the cold. At noon today I was able to sit outside on some steps in the sun, and even though, yeah, it was cold - I didn't *feel* cold. By 4 o'clock it was cold again, but not like yesterday ( Read more... )

So, yesterday morning I was gettng ready to go out, & just before I put on that top layer, the thought flashed into my mind

"I'm sick of wearing a coat"

Tonight its going to get down to the single digits.

still a good two months to go before we can abandon that coat.

hang in there, people.

And what is *good* about march and April? Your

this morning i got to my work parking lot & I got out of the car and the first thing I heard was the sound of a spring bird. or at last a bird whose call, along with the midl air, said spring to me ( Read more... )

I really like this time of year - yes, even in spite of this cold. Beside, mostly it gets quite comfortable during the day, from about 10 am to 3 pm. You can walk around with your coat unbuttoned & start to feel a little relief from the cold. The light at this time of year is really special. You can imagine this is what the light would be ( Read more... )

Yesterday the light, from about 10:00 am to about 3:00 pm was beautiful. I saw birds playing, too, and saw two girls in short skirts & bare legs, & one guy in sandals. If you look carfullly, you will start to see *some buds* on certain kinds of trees. Its coming folk, its coming!

It was *dark* this morning when I set out in my car at 7:30 - the roads were wet, and the cloud cover was so thick, sending down that wet snow. It was actually kind of cozy in a way. Everyone in thier own cars, pumping the heat. I listened to the bad plus going down the highway - in all the snow, cause the guy at the tea shop was listening to ( Read more... )