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ladysprite) wrote2012-04-23 08:16 am
ladysprite) wrote2012-04-23 08:16 am
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My Favorite Season
Today, yes, it's grey and bleak and rainy and miserable. But I really can't complain too much, because for the past week or two it has been truly gorgeous outside, and I have been lucky enough to get the chance to enjoy a heck of a lot of it.
One of the benefits of going jogging outside that I hadn't anticipated is that I get to watch our neighborhood, and the trees and yards on our route, blossom and grow and change. Since we're trying to get out and run at least 2-3 times a week, the practical result is that I've been watching spring unfold day by day.
At this time of year, it's like watching time-lapse photography. On Monday, there were daffodils, but all the cherry trees were still be tightly-wrapped little brown buds. Wednesday, the tulips started to open and the cherry trees were explosions of pink-and-fluffy so vibrant and full that they looked almost unreal; by Friday the daffodils had faded and the lilacs started to open up, heralding my absolute favorite week or two of the year.
Back at our house, everything is a week or two behind, mostly because our plants are little and new - two or three daffodils and one bold tulip have opened; the rest are still buds. There's one lonely blossom on our lilacs, but that's enough - there will be more next year. And the rain today (and tomorrow, and maybe the rest of the week) will help them grow, and I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the weather for Run For Your Life is better.
Because, you know, mud and muck and zombies and fake blood are okay, but mud and muck and zombies and fake blood and rain? Eww.....
One of the benefits of going jogging outside that I hadn't anticipated is that I get to watch our neighborhood, and the trees and yards on our route, blossom and grow and change. Since we're trying to get out and run at least 2-3 times a week, the practical result is that I've been watching spring unfold day by day.
At this time of year, it's like watching time-lapse photography. On Monday, there were daffodils, but all the cherry trees were still be tightly-wrapped little brown buds. Wednesday, the tulips started to open and the cherry trees were explosions of pink-and-fluffy so vibrant and full that they looked almost unreal; by Friday the daffodils had faded and the lilacs started to open up, heralding my absolute favorite week or two of the year.
Back at our house, everything is a week or two behind, mostly because our plants are little and new - two or three daffodils and one bold tulip have opened; the rest are still buds. There's one lonely blossom on our lilacs, but that's enough - there will be more next year. And the rain today (and tomorrow, and maybe the rest of the week) will help them grow, and I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the weather for Run For Your Life is better.
Because, you know, mud and muck and zombies and fake blood are okay, but mud and muck and zombies and fake blood and rain? Eww.....
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