Cherry Blossoms - 2011

Having missed the cherry blossoms completely last year, I ensured I got to see them this year before the silly snow got at them. They weren't in full bloom, however. But, they are always so pretty! I have to admit though, having seen the cherry blossoms in full bloom so many times, seeing then in partial bloom is slightly disappointing.

Autumn

The rain, wind and autumn did this somewhere outside work.

First Pomegranate of the Season

My First Pomegranate of the Season

Last evening I had my first Pomegranate of the year. The one good sign that summer has ended and fall begun. siiiiiigh

Why winter North (or South) of the Tropics is basically NOT nice!

1. You pile on unending layers of clothes resulting in an aching back.
2. You are unable to have long conversations about nothing on the phone while you wait for your bus. Your fingers freeze over and your arm aches being held up with the weight of all those layers you have on.
3. Reading while waiting for the bus, too, becomes impossible.
4. Driving conditions are bad with possible ice on the roads. Pavements are slippery when ice layers them.
5. Grocery shopping is even more of a chore when you have to remove your poor fingers from your toasty pockets to carry shopping bags.
6. Social activities are highly inhibited and limited
7. Skin becomes as dry as paper. Thank God for vaseline!
8. Breeze is never appreciated in the winter. NEVER! Which is sad, because it can be quite nice at other times.
9. Trees are bare, animals are hibernating, birds have gone south (or north? if they typically reside in the southern hemisphere?), humans are in different shades of black, brown and grey. Colours are amiss :(
10. Days are SHORT!!! >.<
11. All the weight you lost over spring, summer and fall comes back with a bang and some. siiiiiiiiigh.
    

Well, I guess there are a few good things that winter brings.

1. The white prettyness after a snowfall.
2. Federal government closings during a blizzard.
3. Skiing - for those who choose to take on this scary sport.
4. And every four years, the winter olympics.

ps: photo courtesy me! :) and not google.

Spring has sprung!!

The signs of life are everywhere. The cherry blossoms bloomed. The tulip spectrum is everywhere. Daffodils are smiling. The temperatures are up. Squirrels are scurrying. Petals are flying. People are sneezing. The skirts are swaying. The sun is smiling. The azure sky is clear. Colours are bright again. Black scurried out the back door. And AND the geese have left!!!