Springtime!!
We've had such a long winter here in Chicago. Only 10 days ago I was wearing my winter coat. So I decided to check things out. I wanted proof that Spring has actually arrived. Sure, we had the Spring Equinox, but is that enough proof? I decided that it was necessary to do a little detective work on my own.
On Wednesday, April 23, I went to my nearby Morton Arboretum...just to check things out. If spring is really here, this is the place to find out. I took a camera so I could document my findings in case no one believes me. Haha. One would think that I live in the "Show Me" state!
I found buds and lots of them!
Manchurian Walnut bud (below)
Of course I had to find flowers. If you have flowers year around, you are so lucky! I was on a mission.
Wow! This is a good start! How pretty is that yellow flower? And how about this one! Yipee!
And yet another flower! (below) Oh Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! A real photographer pointed this one out to me as I searched for the one on the tree that wasn't moving so much by the wind. He's a real photographer because he had the best...and a tripod. I used to have all of that heavy equipment.
Then I happened upon the "Daffodil Glade." It was so sweet to see an elderly couple sitting on two chairs in the middle of a wash of yellow. I wish I had that sort of relationship. Comfortable. Trusting. Someone who actually likes to be around me. I do believe that each time I see a daffodil, I will remember the couple sitting in the field of daffodils, just being with each other. It gives me Hope that even I will find someone who cares.
There's my proof that spring has really arrived in Chicago, IL USA. I took a total of 99 photos so I will add some of my other favorites in my Gallery. I wanted to use these to tell my story. Spring is about new beginnings and fresh starts (but I think people think that New Years is for that) and Hope.
Celebrate the newness of Life. It is so miraculous!
Mary