{"id":4216,"date":"2010-04-09T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2010-04-09T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T15:47:48","slug":"wow-it-really-is-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=4216","title":{"rendered":"Wow – it really is Spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"How could I lose track of it? That spring has actually arrived, I mean. Most years, I am so impatient for it to ever get here that it seems like it takes forever. This year, a combination of insane busyness, preoccupation with the new site, preparing for our trip next week, and lingering worry over my knee being in good enough shape to actually get out and do anything, kept me from dwelling on the weather very much. It seems as though I woke up one morning and realized that spring was already here. I can be forgiven somewhat by the fact that spring did seem to arrive early here – notwithstanding the fact we are actually forecast for a bit of snow tonight. Larry’s crocus patch, over the septic tank [is he a romantic, or what?] has long since bloomed, but a patch in the shade garden is just coming into its own now. There is a green haze over the hills, as the leaves are beginning to really come out and all of the spring birds are showing up at the feeders.<\/p>\n

Despite all of that, for some reason, I was surprised to see these buds on my favorite lilac. It is just one of the seventeen lilac bushes we have around the yard. Many of them are small enough still, that calling them “bushes” may be an exagerration. This is the one we have had the longest. I have long forgotten the name of the variety, but it is an old fashioned kind, which makes it one of the first to bloom. Larry and the girls got it for me for Mother’s Day about 25 years ago. I can still picture the 3 of them planting it for me, all very pleased with themselves that they had gotten me something they knew I really wanted. And in one of those “circle of life” kinda things, we are taking some pieces of it up to Ellyn this weekend, so she can have one in her own yard. I hope she enjoys it as much as I have.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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