Spring is FINALLY here

Trees blooming

This winter has been a very long one. Not being able to spend much time outside has definitely brought upon some serious seasonal depression. So now that it's actually dress weather (eee!) we're outside as much as possible. And it's beautiful. I've had two consecutive days off this week (woah) and we took advantage of them! 


Yesterday we went on a walk downtown and stopped to look at all the flower shops. I have my eye on a particularly large echeveria and might have to snag one up soon. We stopped at a restaurant on Dundas that has the best nachos and patio in London. After a pitcher of beer we headed home and had dinner on the back porch. Our bistro lights are back up and with the solar lights dotted around the yard it truly is magical at night.

Beauty

Pretty

I woke up early this morning and after a chai tea smoothie and some iced coffee I was raring to go! We didn't actually get out the door until around noon but we took Molly with us for a nice long walk and picnic by the river. Now Molly isn't the most in shape dog..we decided to follow her wherever she lead us and at one point she plopped down in the shade mid-walk, so we followed her lead and took a break. We ended up under a bridge by the river surrounded by canadian geese. Molly surprisingly didn't bother them but they made their position know and kept an eye on her the whole time. We didn't get back to the house until around 4pm. 

Handsome Husband

We had such a great two days off. The trees and flowers are blooming, the serotonin levels of the general population are high and everything is active. For it being such a long winter we're all so excited to see the sun and warmth again. Being from Florida we never had winters and I know that we've never appreciated feeling the sun's warm rays on our skin as much as we do now. Spring and fall are my favorite seasons. In the spirit of my favorite book coming out as a movie next Friday I'll end this with F. Scott Fitzgerald's analysis of fall and spring/summer in The Great Gatsby: “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” & “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”