I'm keeping a general, week by week, log of the evolving spring. On my walks to and from work, I note what trees and flowers are blooming. There's an order to spring. The exact dates will differ from year to year, but the general order prevails.
Today was perhaps the nicest day we've had so far this year. 70 degrees, and just a light breeze. Early in the morning the sun caught the new green leaf buds high in the tulip poplars by the house. The early flowering trees, like the cherries the area is famous for, are at their peak.
I rode my bike over to Takoma to teach two classes today. I have a 2 hour break between them, so I rode down the hill to Sligo Creek and sat by the creek in the warm sunshine for a while. The ride back up to the studio was considerably harder, but that's OK.
Today, I felt that special feeling that is so characteristic of spring. A feeling of the world as a happy, wonderful place, and that this is the truth about life. The long winter is behind, and the world opening up before me now is full of possibility and wonder.
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