The sun rose due east, heavenly proof that spring has officially arrived. What a psychological lift after the long dark pandemic winter! Waves were still pounding as cold winds came from the north. But the local maple sap is running at maximum through tubing, like a kid scrawling the woods with a blue Sharpie.
Warm days are melting the last of the snow on the hill. Squirrels had chewed through two inches of floorboards to take shelter in the tool shed. The Coast Guard cutter set out navigation buoys, like painting lane markers on a watery highway.
Today will be the first hanging of laundry outside --- is the line ready? The Kitchen Queen is whipping up a new batch of cookies, and some comfort food perogies too. Like "Ancestry.calm"!
The first daytrip to Toronto since October. A sunny walk around the harbour Quay --- a nice neighbourhood to have an apartment? Out at the Beach, the grassy area is worn down but the dunes are being regenerated. Ying, yang. For our weekly Chinese takeout it's the mother-of-all-lunch-combos: The Goof!
Want more proof of spring here up north? Snowdrops take the place of snowdrifts. Grackles gleam iridescent purple. Crocus flood the south zone, like happy campers staking their claim.
The pond ice is still thick but let's give it a bit of headstart to melt. Chipmunks' cheeks bulge with dinner. Maybe this guy will be doing the same?? Another first of Spring...
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