Smells like Spring!

Yesterday, the first day of April, was warm and sunny with beautiful, bright blue skies. Shortly after I got up, I looked out my kitchen window, and what did I see? Popcorn popping on my apricot tree!! The blossoms are opening a bit later than usual this year, but they were definitely there by mid-morning, with more popping out all day long. As I went for my walk today, it was still warm, although the sky was filling with clouds and the wind was more than a breeze. (By the way, I love walking without a sweater!) As I walked, it was more and more obvious that Spring is really here. Not only is our apricot tree now full of blossoms, but all the neighborhood forsythia bushes are beginning to show their bright yellow blossoms, the globe willow trees all have beautiful yellow-green domes, and daffodils are everywhere, standing straight and full and proud. As I walked, the wind brought all the smells of springtime - freshly turned earth, newly cut grass, garden fertilizer, and that undefinable freshness that is new growth. What a beautiful neighborhood I have to walk in!!!