It’s really spring in Massachusetts. Sometimes 70 F, sometimes 50 F. But we know where we’re headed.
I took advantage of being old to get my Covid-19 vaccinations wrapped up in March and began to visit grandchildren indoors. Below you see that piano recitals are still on Zoom. While I was visiting, I got my hair “painted” rainbow colors by the youngest grandchild. She worked on my hair while her brother read “spooky stories” to me. The stories got exciting, so she went to look at the pictures.
Easter involved an egg hunt, although some kids may be getting too old. Next year, maybe a scavenger hunt or treasure hunt would be a good variation.
Where I live, there’s a guy who rides around on his bicycle playing the guitar. I managed to capture him this week in his headless horseman costume. His day job is baker.
Also in my town, there are people who never forget that April is Natural Poetry Month. One homeowner makes poems available for free.
Most of the other pictures are about Suzanne’s Mom and her friends flipping over spring flowers. Daffodil, Andromeda, Rhododenron. Fig Buttercup, Blue Scilla, Bloodroot, Trout Lily, Magnolia.
The second to last photo was taken in Central Park by Ying-Ying, who was thrilled to get out of Arizona for a New York spring. And the last was taken by Melita in Madrid, where she’s been living during the pandemic.
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That’s great that you can visit with your grandchildren again.
It sure is. I have to compete with sports and other stuff, but I know they won’t hang out with grandparents forever, so I cherish every moment. The year lost to Covid will never return.
You are ahead of us with spring. Like your snappy hair colors! A scavenger hunt would be a fun way to celebrate.
The hair color was fun but sticky. Of course, I would have done anything my grandchildren asked after a year of standing out in the cold for an hour if I was lucky.
You bet!!!!
I enjoy your photographs, but the last two tree shots are the best for me.
Yes. My friends’ wrap-around spring! So amazing.
Thanks for sharing. Spring is here and hopefully to stay. Your photos made me happy after I had driven through a snowstorm yesterday.
Seriously?! Still snowing in Sweden?
Yes. Yesterday and today. But it will not last.
Your hair is so pretty!
That’s amazing that he can ride a bike and play the guitar at the same time!
He’d been riding around town and playing the guitar for years before he created the Headless costume, but it wasn’t until the Boston Globe did a story on him during the pandemic that we learned anything about him.
Spring has sprung here in Oregon, but your photos make me miss the East Coast. Speaking of which … we were able to get vaccinated a little early and were able to spend the last two weeks of March visiting our 18 month old granddaughter. We hadn’t seen her in person for a year — quite a difference between 6 months and 18. She now has OPINIONS about everything! Thanks for sharing Concord’s spring.
I saw your picture of the eggs you gave her. Happy for you
In spite of the fact that spring starts in February here in Northern California, I still miss spring on the east coast. The drama of little sturdy sprouts emerging in a still mostly barren landscape is missing out here where we have color pretty much all year round. Not as much drama. The pix make me home sick for New York.
Yes, watching the change from one day to the next is thrilling. Today I’ve been loving the pale green maple tree flowers opening.
Beautiful memories
But digital pictures feel ephemeral to me. It would be sadly easy to lose them all, unlike the old kind of photo.
I do agree. I have a mountain of prints to be organized. There is something special about the old kind.