Spring Update

After work I went to the library to pick up some books. I sat down in a chair for a minute to rest, shut my eyes and forty minutes later I woke up, only because of some noisy people, sitting at a nearby table. I decided right then not to go to the running clinic or pickup any groceries but just go home.

Robert has been on holiday since we got back from Vancouver. He's catching up on his thriller fiction reading as well as building a greenhouse. Every time I come back home he has added a new dimension too it. We got all the glass for free from a friend who has replaced all the old windows in his house with newer models. My tomatoes, and peppers are still under lights in the basement. I'm anxious for them to get into their new home.

We still don't have any leaves on our trees or shrubs. It feels like this is the last place on earth to get leaves this spring. The only things which seem to be growing are the bulbs. Everyday as I make my way to the car I notice another tulip has bloomed. The daffodils, Narcissus spp. are next. Then the Grape Hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) and then the later Tulips. There is a Tulip for every season.

The white crowned sparrows are back. They're competing for feeder space with the finches. The black capped chickadees have migrated to the bush where they're serenading each other with their distictive mating call. It's a sound, above any other, which reminds me of spring, much like I think yellow is the quintessential spring colour.

Tomorrow I don't have to go to work, attend a meeting or volunteer as a Master Gardener, or running clinic leader at the YMCA, or do anything for the Cancer Society, yet. I may not even get out of bed.