Just one day like today makes me forget any rain, any weeks of grey, any cold, windy, snowy and just plain ugly weather we've ever had. It was a most beautiful day in the neighbourhood today... And YAY! I am pleased to announce that I actually woke up in time to enjoy some of it. I thank Dave for forcing me to rise and dress and get out of the house by 2:00. I was ready to just continue sleeping until he announced he would be leaving in a few minutes with or without me. Oh, all right, I'm getting up! I bitterly dressed and threw a hat on, but once outside I was so glad to be there. Our neighbourhood is in full bloom. The streets are lined with cherry blossoms and flowers are everywhere (thank you all you apartment managers who put out these pretty gardens!) The cherry blossoms are starting to fall, making it look, at times, like it's snowing. Raining cherry blossoms I call it. I think it's beautiful but I'm not so sure car owners are thrilled with it. So off we were...
As usual, and so Vancouver cliche-ish, we bee-lined it straight to Starbuck's before heading down to the seawall for a lovely, leisurely walk to Yaletown. I still can't get over the feeling I get when I'm at the water on a sunny day and looking out to see all sailboats and big ships with the mountains in the background and the grass and trees beside me. Everything is green, green, green! (If you don't live here this is meant to make you wish you did. ha ha) It amazes me how one day the trees are bare and then the next time you're out they are completely green. And the flowers! We actually stop to smell them. I'm not kidding. We are in full appreciation mode. In fact, as an aside...
On our first date, Dave and I walked around the seawall (after meeting at, where else, Starbuck's ). At the end we cut through the park and as we were walking over the bridge near the entrance at Georgia Street you could smell the heavy scent of whatever flowers were on the bushes that line this little bridge. So, of course, we stopped to get a closer smell. We were standing very close and our arms brushed and I got pollen on my nose, which Dave had to brush off. Dave calls this "all part of his master plan" to get closer to me (although it took him 3 dates to kiss me!). So we have been stopping to smell the flowers all along in our relationship.
Anyways, back to today... The flowers are amazing. Fully in bloom and so much colour. It really is Spring! We are so lucky to have this seawall and they really have done a great job of keeping lots of green space along the wall. The seawall is now open right along False Creek all the way through, with all those new high rises finally occupied. I know that a lot of people turn their noses up and say that we have no history here, it's all so new and so forth. But really, I love the newness of the big glass skyscrapers that make up a good chunk of our city. Our walk ended where these building first started going up, at the foot of Davie Street, and we headed into the heart of Yaletown for lunch on a patio - another favourite pastime of mine. This is my favourite kind of day and it doesn't matter how many times I do it, I love this city more each time and am always grateful that it is literally my backyard.
2 comments:
ahhh...must be nice to be able to get out and smell the roses, a most important thing to do. As i look out my window i note the grass is brown, the streets are full of winter sand and of course, pot holes, but they just make driving a little more challenging. I did have the opportunity to see some workers out with lawn mowers, it was good to see they were cutting grass and not blowing snow. The weather has been good to us now, the skies are blue, the sun is bright. I figure in another couple of weeks we should actually see leaves on the trees, won't that be nice!!
yes...our bragging seems short lived as it's a dark and dreary, and of course RAINY day today. But then they say the sun will shine again tomorrow....
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