Finally, after a long, long winter Spring has fully arrived. The leaves are coming out, the trees are starting to bloom and the weather cooperates.
The Beginning..
As I have mentioned in my post Things to Come, spring has been very slow to start this year. We all are rather tired of grays, dirty snow and cold, and long for things to change. It is rather late, but finally, after almost 6 months the snow has finally melted off my flower beds and lawn and I can see growing things starting to come out, particularly in one, sheltered spot by my house. First there were the tulips, sticking out shyly, followed quickly by delphinium foliage and then, I have seen some buds on the trees in the neighborhood getting nice and fat and finally my crocuses started to bloom. I was so very happy to see them!!! I'm also very lucky because in most places in our city there has been no signs of spring yet except for an occasional, very rare pussy willow.. So here it is, for all of us in central and norther Alberta, a little color with renewed hope that soon our world will turn green again. :D Kasia
Third sign!
I have taken my boys for a long walk yesterday around the neighbourhood. The weather was lovely, the sky was mostly blue and there was just no way I would stay home and not enjoy the outdoors! I took my camera with me, just to take some shots of my kids but imagine my surprise when I discovered that finally, long awaited the green stuff is starting to show up!!! The buds on the trees are finally swelling and it's going to be only a few more weeks before the world turns colourful again! Here are my discoveries from yesterday. I hope you have enjoyed my two previous posts (First sign! and Second sign!) of this series. I am hoping to bring you some more updates in the future as well. As we get more moisture and warmer weather I am sure to have more and more pictures of emerging colour. I am so happy it has finally begun!!! :D Kasia
Third sign of spring 1
The buds are finally swelling!
Third sign of spring 2
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