After a long winter of sitting on my
arse looking out the window and wondering if spring is ever going to
come it looks like it finally has. It seems late but is probably
about usual for this area, we were so spoiled last year with summer
like weather and temps into the 70s in early April that this spring
seemed to be forever getting here. The long list of 'honey do'
(mostly self imposed) begins to translate into 'honey get on with it'
and I find that the old bones are not cooperating too well after the
lack of any real 'exercise' over the winter. Somehow the need to get
up to refill my glass is not the same as moving gravel to get ready
for pouring the shed floor or blocking the logs dragged our last year
for this years firewood!
Anyway I accompanied the Mrs in a
gentle stroll around our forest trails Tues morning, it being one of
the first sunny and warm(ish) days this year and the sight of Ma
Nature poking her head up and saying spring is here and life
continues lifted my spirits. On our walk I saw these leaves of a
Trout Lilly sticking up through some moss at the bottom of a maple
tree and thought 'this is what it is all about, a fresh start, put
last year behind you and look ahead to new growth'. A simple picture,
no pretty flowers or dappled sunlight but somehow it depicts the
essence of spring to me, enjoy... (click pic to enlarge)
That my 'list' outpaces my 'ambition' suddenly does not seem quite as big a deal as it did a few days ago, thanks Ma....
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