The Sun is Shining, Birds are Chirping...

... dirty men with dirty dreads and dirtier dogs are walking around outside my window. Alright, there are other people walking up and down the street too, but these fellers are the most noticeable. Other noticeable things? The sun for one, which has been making its presence known in authoritative fashion the last several days. I have been sporting shorts for the first time in 2010 the last three days and am hoping a trip to the Yuba might be in order before the week is out. All around town dogwood trees are in bloom, daffodils on the sides of the highway are flowering and people are dressed in Spring dresses, t-shirts, sandals and the likes. While waiting here, watching as life passes to and fro in front of the cafe window I have started wondering whether it is some instinctual change occurring in us all leading us to shed our extra clothes and brave the still lingering winter breezes. Or, could it be that it is our defiance of the truth of the season and our insistence to rock the shorter sleeves that instills in our minds that the Spring is indeed here. Either way, I suppose the call to the outdoors is too great for me. I have been sitting behind this computer screen for too long and the time has come for me to head out into the world. I hope wherever you are you have a chance to enjoy the weather, one way or another. Take a walk and smell a flour, yeah?