Saturday, February 20, 2010

Hints of Spring


There are no tulips yet (outside of the Whole Foods floral department) but signs of spring are in the air. The early bird trees such as the cottonwoods have already put buds on, and the snow levels and temperature are both on the rise. It's been snowing lightly for days, and we're supposed to get up to 8 more inches by Monday night. I shoveled the sidewalk this morning and the snow was heavy and wet, a sure sign that spring is coming.

But the most exciting signs are the return of the northern flicker, which sings every morning and has already started hammering on the chimney, and tonight's annual Red Party, the first social gathering I ever attended in Boulder, and where I met my first Boulder friends.

Yeehaw! I'm ready.

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