Out of the woods

The long weekend went by fast, but was satisfying, despite persistently damp, chilly weather. It drizzled on our group walk Saturday morning, which turned out a sizable number of people anyway. E, an Englishwoman who is a regular and a neighbor of mine, said it reminded her of home. I took Ingrid out on a couple of neighborhood walks, admiring the profusion of spring flowers bright with raindrops - tulips, hyacinth, pansies, bleeding hearts, violets, drooping white bell flowers. And yesterday afternoon I drove over to Cambridge to meet up with my movie group to see The Visitor, which was unanimously liked. Both groups were very enjoyable company this weekend, and I drove home last night from the post-movie dinner feeling sated and lucky again to be here.

Today, of course, the weekend being over, the weather broke -- the sun came out and it was one of our rare not-too-hot, not-too-cold spring days. I walked up to the wildlife sanctuary at lunchtime and saw that the greenery is beginning to fill in. Even the stragglers have buds. Among the green spreading over the forest floor were sprinkles of small white flowers I think are wood anemones. Out in the meadow, atop a bird house, a female Eastern bluebird warbled out a pretty song, looking to attract a mate. And in the sanctuary's community garden, a female cardinal whistled and trilled her own.

Comments

[mm]

Well, yes, drizzle isn't unknown in these parts.:-) Today though is warm and sunny. Just a light breeze. Perfect.

[Loren]

Do you think it's really fair to describe all this beauty without providing us with pictures of it, leslee?

[leslee]

Hi MM. Glad to hear the weather's good there, too. :-)

Loren: Believe me, if I'd had a camera with me, you'd be seeing photos!

[Lorianne]

Ah, you just need to carry your camera with you everywhere, like I do... :-)

[leslee]

Heh, I'm afraid to take it with me at lunchtime - I have just enough time to get up to the sanctuary and back for a fast hike. If I stop and take pictures... well, so much for my lunch hour. :-)

[Elizabeth (Beth) Westmark]

I think Ingrid would enjoy a blackberry-eating walk with Maggie. Maggie could show Ingrid (if she doesn't already know) how to pull her lips back and reach out with her teeth to grasp a ripe berry without getting bitten by a thorn. If I want to get some blackberries for myself, I have to leave Maggie at home.

[leslee]

Hi Beth! Long time no see. Just checked over at your new blog - I see you're still posting mouth-watering food photos. Sigh.

Ingrid is rather high strung and not much for sniffing the roses (nor eating the blackberries) on walks, alas. But *I* would enjoy the blackberry-eating walk. :-)

[mb]

Glad to know about the movie. I, too, missed photos of all this deliciously described spring profusion, but I also understand the need to just walk sometimes!

[Leslee]

Well, yes, but I should probably have explained the situation!... I had a small but strong and uncooperative dog on a leash and at the same time was trying to keep my camera from getting wet. Not very conducive to picture taking. Maybe if it stops raining sometime this weekend...