I love spring...except maybe today

I've been loving the advent of spring...warmth and flowers and all that stuff...but today it's cold and windy and walking the dog is not just a chore but the kind of chore that stays with you, leaving eau de soaked chien  wafting through the house.

But it did give me an excuse to stay in and finish a novella I'd been working on, and got me thinking about some pictures I'd taken during the week. I know they are the bane of gardeners life, but I quite like dandelions, seeing them as "you take your beauty where you can find it in the city", like here:

And here is a close-up of some of the little darlings. Of course, they won't look that way for long, but for now, I <3 them.

I'm also fascinated by the cherry trees around the area where I work, so I took a picture on Tuesday of last week of one of the branches, where the buds were just beginning to open.

And these are pictures of the same tree, three days later.

 

And a close-up:

I'm hoping that the tree won't either have passed it's full-on flower or been battered bare by the rain over the weekend, so I can take some more pictures. And, here's proof that there are no colour clashes in nature...

As I said, we take our beauty were we can find it in the city...and sometimes you have to get right down low to see it. Wildflowers and variegated clover.

Just some of the reasons I love spring. :)

Oh! The Humanity

Today was so cold I could hardly breathe. Funny how one relatively warm winter will totally screw you up, making you forget what the really cold ones are like. I think it was the first time I was not just willing but determined to get to work a few minutes late because it would drastically cut back the amount of time I had to spend at the bus stop.

Thank goodness I don't have to go back out there until Thursday. Besides walking the Beansie pup, I'm staying in tomorrow! I have lots of work to do anyway. My new business Grammar Goggles, is going gangbusters. After years of being asked when I was officially getting back into the editing game, I finally decided to do it. It's been awesome. I've met and read/edited the work of some amazing authors and I'm loving every minute. Look out for the Grammar Goggles blog tour, coming at the end of the month and running for a few weeks. I might even host myself LOL!

Stay warm, all you people suffering like we are here. And DAMN YOU to those with above zero temperatures! :) Just kidding...but send up some warmth, will yah?