Open windows....

Even though the temps haven't been above 0C much in the last while, I am able to "smell" spring.  Must be the melting water and other stuff in the air that contribute to that definite spring scent.  We keep our windows open here in the apartment to varying degrees and it's great to hear the noises outside...cars, dogs, planes, kids, birds, etc. It changes ones countenance.

When I wake up in the morning to the sounds and smells of outdoors, it invigorates me.  Guess that's why I love being at the lake so much.  We're always outdoors!

Then there is the time when the spring rains come, complete with the beauty of a thunderstorm.  Can't wait for that!  Winter's been good but there is just something that refreshes a person, body and soul, when spring arrives.

Remember last year's storm that ripped through the southeast part of our city?  It was quite a site and it turned ever-so-dark before the torrents of rain and wild wind arrived!

That was at our old place, of course.

I wonder what storms await us this year, here by the river....?