Summer is Coming (for those in the Northern Hemisphere), 13 April 2013

Pretty much every post on facebook from the Midwest over the past week or so is about the snow that doesn't seem to let up. I remember one year getting a blizzard on April 25 in South Dakota with about 3 feet of snow... really fun for 4 wheeling. Crap for shovelling.

I started collecting these pictures for my aunt JoAnn who is a gardener extraordinare, just like her mom, Marcella. It seems like now is the time to share them, and see  if I can brighten my northern readers' outlook with a few photos of flowers and greenery.









Most of these are from my treks around the city while house hunting in November and December. Now, every time I bike with Lucienne, I'm the one who navigates us through the city neighborhoods. A side benefit of the quest I thought would never end!

And one random act of crafting found in Brunswick!

Hope that eases the winter blues for you northerners. You can return the favor (or "favour" in Aussie) when I've had three months of dark and damp with no snow. Just looking at these photos, I'm amazed by how much the quality of the light has changed here over the past month. Even the sunny days are not so bright - but they're still pretty glorious. Just short and getting shorter. We're off daylight savings and it's dark by 6:30. Winter is coming!