It's hard to overstate the effect of two sunny, mild days in a row on us poor New Englanders, who have suffered through a particularly cruel winter. We might still have some more suffering to do in the near future (Who remembers April 1, 1997*?), but let's not think about that now. Everyone is smiling. Everyone is spreading their arms out and looking up—through their sunglasses!—at the sky and saying, "Isn't this great?!" Everyone is walking and riding their bikes. Some people are wearing shorts (it's not that warm, but you can't fault them for their enthusiasm). The rest of us have dug out our lightweight jackets and any shoes that could not possibly be classified as boots.
*On that date, we had a huge snowstorm and we lost our power. Stephanie was only 4 months old, so I just bundled her up in everything she owned. We had a terrible time getting the garage door open (the electric opener obviously didn't work, and the mechanical thingy was jammed), then Andy had to spend several hours shoveling just to make a skinny path to get the car out. We went to Barbara and Jerry's house, where we stayed for 3 days, until power was restored!
Was checking "recently updated" blogs to see what is out there and came upon yours.
Made me think how much I do enjoy spring.
We lived in FL 17 years, and the season I always thought I missed most was fall. But having moved back north, I now realize I was wrong--the season I really missed was spring!
Posted by: Rob | March 31, 2005 at 10:36 AM
Spring feels so good when it finally arrives! You are fortunate to be able to experience it for more than one week :-)
Posted by: Lynda | March 31, 2005 at 05:23 PM
I'm glad you guys are finally thawing out up there, I was afraid there might still be snow when we got to MA in June!
I still remember it snowing on the day I went to my first prom backj in the mid 80's, I think it was May 1st, or something like that - only in New England!
Enjoy the spring!
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | March 31, 2005 at 08:23 PM
As much as I like Spring, I like April Fool's day more.
Posted by: Michelle Maklin | April 01, 2005 at 02:04 AM
I was just telling the kids about April 1, 1997 on Friday. I think they thought I was joking.
(Not only was I not joking, my then-husband thought it would be a good idea to shovel the snow off my car. He took off the snow... and most of the paint. Had to have the entire thing repainted. Why did I wait so many more years to divorce him?) ;)
Posted by: Mir | April 03, 2005 at 08:41 PM