Tuesday, April 13, 2010

spt



LOVE this time of year. love, love, LOVE! highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s. perfectly comfortable throughout the day. wanting a cardigan in the evenings. open windows and breezes through the curtains. the hum of tree frogs. freshly scraped knees from endless bike rides.

no bugs. no humidity.

but the pollen. oh, the pollen...
for me, it's trees. oak trees and pine trees, covering the world (and my eyes! and nose!) with their yellow-y, dust-y presence. i use more contact lenses in april than i do throughout the rest of the year.

for all of you who are suffering (not so silently) along with me, i offer a heart-felt "gesunheit!"



Spring also brings a lightening of my heart, an emotional cleanse that seems to coincide with the shedding of heavy clothes. i can't help but look forward on a sunny Spring day, lifting my face to gentle rays of warmth. i want to move my body and still my heart.

on a day like today, i believe i just might be superwoman.

13 comments:

michelle said...

That is one of my favorite pictures of you ever!

donna said...

Great picture. : )
I love spring too. But i hate having allergies.

Amy said...

oh Lelly.....I gave an "achoo!" on my spt......but mine wasn't clever like yours! ;)
Along with the sneezes, I must check for ticks.
Thanks, Lel. I'd only plop on the grass without a quilt for YOU! :)

Kelly said...

I love it -- not the allergies, but the sneeze picture. My spring allergies took a reprieve my first year here, but they found me this spring. I hoped to leave no forwarding address for those!

Crystal said...

Yea, pollen covered cars are NOT fun. MISS YOU!

amy gretchen said...

cute photo. Maybe if the snow would stop we'd be sneezing too.

Alisa said...

The sneezy-itchy-watery-scratchy time of year. Other than that its just great right?
Love the sneeze photo!

janna said...

Yeah! I am glad you are back doing spt's!

I posted mine.

& FYI- my blog has a new http

Warren said...

I think i'm gonna do this, but only via twitpic. helps me maintain my record of not actually utilizing my blogspot account.

Katie A. said...

That picture made me laugh! I am excited to be doing SPT's again (or in my case this time SPW)!

Becky said...

Love this! And, oh, how much I love that SPTs are back...I like seeing some familiar names and faces in the comments. :)

Neighbor Jane Payne said...

What a poetic post! I love this one Lelly.

Mrs. McDaniel said...

better late than never! Just finished this one! :) Thanks so much for doing these!!!