After our long BC winters, and once the temperatures start to warm, the trees don’t waste any time putting out their leaves. It seems like the explosion of new leaves happened in just one day. This period of spring with its newly erupting foliage is on of my favorites. The light green color of those new leaves add a brilliant accent to the blues of mountain slopes, with their pristine white snowcapped peaks.
This morning when I first went outside to do some laps around the pond, I caught the scent of the sweet perfume of the Cottonwood trees; it was wonderful. When I got back to the house, I saw a Rufus Hummingbird busily slurping up the nectar I had put in the hummingbird feeder.
Last night I was awaken by a lone mosquito in my bedroom, but this first variety of mosquitoes are easily swatted, so that too was good.
I recently watched a PBS program on Henry David Thoreau and was struck by him writing that he would often spend the whole day doing nothing, just sitting outside watching. What a wonderful thought, but sadly for me, this time of year is filled with too many things that have to be done. Hopefully today I can get my rototiller started so I can till the garden for planting. I will just have to enjoy the glorious day, in swatches, in between things.
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