While jogging up to the donut shop this morning, my thoughts wandered to the myriad colors of spring flowers, mingled with jelly rolls and cinnamon bars. How weird is that?
The sun was at my back as it broke through the dark edges of dawn, throwing a kaleidescope of colors on the landscape. Probably that's what made me think of spring flowers. The jelly rolls and cinnamon bars? Probably they were a result of the growling noises from within, screaming for sweet relief.
Back at The Briars, I washed down a couple of jam-filled donut holes with hot coffee and thought... Oh yeah, this is what I'm talkin' about! Sweet relief.
Outside, the fullness of the sun broke the horizon and this day was in full stride. There aren't a whole lot of flowers blooming yet, but lily buds and gladiolas are peeking through otherwise dark barren soil and the promise is clear. It will be a colorful spring. Time to get my mind right and my hands into the earth.
It's nigh on noon now, as I sit at the computer to blog. The sun is high in the sky, mixing with westerly breezes to keep the temperature at a comfortable 78 degrees. Sitting here at pool-side, I watch with amusement as squirrels prance around, hopping from tree to tree, doing whatever it is squirrels do this time of year. A possum started across the yard and stopped... frozen in time as it sensed my presence. The squirrels broke out in a chatter of discontent over the intruder. A large black garden snake slithered toward the possum which suddenly came alive and scurried off.And that's when it happened. Without warning. As if preordained and on cue. Back in the far corner of the yard, unfettered by shade ... a lone hibiscus burst into bloom. There's an omen there somewhere. That's not supposed to happen. Hibiscus usually don't bloom before mid to late spring.
Oh well... no sense in complaining about unexpected beauty.
... and so it goes.
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