I’m back from 5 days away in NYC and I’m
glad to find that the weather here is as nice as in the east. The tulips and cherry blossoms were out in
full force and yesterday we had this fantastic misty type of rain that does
wonders for the complexion and depending on your hair, it can get very curly. Here my day lilies are coming up in the front
and my tulips are showing about one inch above ground. But at least there wasn’t any snow on the
ground when we landed.
Living in Southern Alberta is very challenging
when it comes to weather because we never know if we should get excited and
start pulling out our spring or summer things because we can get hit by frost
or snow in any month of the year. But
this year it does seem to me that I feel the weather has changed for the better
and we are going to have a mild spring and summer. When I reflect on the past few springs that
weren’t, well, I can only say that I hope I am right.
So what does a person do when a mild
spring is on the horizon? Haul out the
potting pots, the potting soil and start going over the seeds. Uncoil the outdoor hoses and start sprinkling
down the trees and grass. Start
inspecting the flowerbeds and raking up the leaves that somehow didn’t get
raked last fall. It’s too early to feel
the heat coming out of the ground but I can see little green specks of this and
that coming up. That’s promising. Walk around the property and start hauling
dead branches and twigs to the wood pile and at the same time determine which
trees need chopping down or just a trimming.
Spring is a time of bustling activity and
anticipation of warm days ahead. Oh, and
did I mention, it’s time to get out the running shoes and start jogging
again. I knew there was a catch
somewhere.
No comments:
Post a Comment