I have to imagine there are buds on the trees here somewhere. I know that there are three valiant purple crocuses on Rogers Street. Still, the mornings are getting noisier. A half hour before dawn the crows call, then the seagulls, and then the lay-a-beds, the house sparrows, who chirp quietly at first then more raucously as the sun comes up. They've been romantically inclined as well, shaking their feathers at each other when they land on the railing.
In New York last week, though, I saw honest to goodness daffodils (not just cut ones like here at Shaw's) and there were lots of spring singers in Central Park, the red winged blackbird (who is here, too, though I haven't seen him yet), lots of house finches, but more it was the sense that spring was really about to happen. Here it was warm for a few days then very cold and windy. And of course the sidewalks here are much more bare. There were lots of humans in NYC, Central Park included. The city is full of dog nuts, and I saw many canines dressed in designer wear, many of them in spring pastels.
Inspite of some elephant-colored mornings, spring resounds. I went to our Balboa Park to run the other morning and met a squirrel whose photo I sent to you. Wish I could post it here. I've never seen such a glamorous tail that waved, quivered and rippled with sunlight for my camera. This babe behaved like a movie star. When we made eye contact I felt certain she wanted to jump on my shoulder and nibble my ear. Then, the magic lifted and she scrambled away.
ReplyDeletePainted Lady butterflies adorned the bushes while lizards did their push ups and sun bathed.
Cherry trees, blue and pink daisies, rhododendrons and more colored the park landscape. Southern California's spring has just begun. The deserts will have quite an array of flowers in a couple of weeks.
I'm sending warm weather to you!