and tomorrow is supposed to be a very nice day with a high of 70 degrees. (I refuse to think about what they are forecasting beyond that because it doesn’t sound the least bit like spring.)
When I left work this afternoon, there were lots of interesting clouds that the sun was was playing peek-a-boo behind. I was considering going home and grabbing my camera and then finding an interesting perspective to photograph them from. But I needed to pick up some groceries first. I was in the grocery store for about 30 minutes and when I came out nearly all the clouds had disappeared. I knew that since it had been a nice spring day all the flowers in my yard would have perked up … so that became Plan B.
When I got to the turn into the subdivision, I saw the construction signs and remembered that I’d been surprised yesterday afternoon by the work crew paving the streets. I don’t really want to complain, but a little notice a few days before they turn all the streets into single lane roads would have been nice. When I was far along my street to see the cul-de-sac where I live, I wondered if I was going to get home and be able to put my groceries away while everything was still cold. I lucked out and discovered that my side of the cul-de-sac had not been paved and they made a path for me to squeeze by and into my driveway. But the smell from the tar was quite unpleasant and put an end to my thoughts of heading outside.
So I sat down and began working on the transfer of the bulk of my photos from the hard drive on my computer to a cloud drive I set up last week on my network. I looked back into the older files and pulled up the folder from 21 March 2012. Two years ago, the first of the tulips had begun blooming and a large patch of grape hyacinths were in like a mass of skinny green soldiers wearing huge puffy bearskins (those tall black hat the guards at Buckingham Palace wear). I remember taking a few photos of that first pink tulip and a couple of daffodils and then getting down really low to photograph the hyacinths. I’d snapped a couple of photos when I discovered I wasn’t the only one enjoying them that day. (Note: The tulips have pushed up their blades/leaves, but there’s no sign yet of any buds. And there’s no sign yet of the hyacinths either.)
