Spring/Bloom

Walk to the corner store this morning. Flowers everywhere-- the stubborn prunus mume trees (flowering apricots) still going, first snowdrops, winter jasmine and winter viburnum. Yes, most things flowering have 'snow' or 'winter' in the name, but it was only four blocks and lots of flowers! Spring will come again. True spring comes on the day of the Chinese New Year parade, which I live very very close to this year. I will be making organic BBQ pork buns and other yummies, though as I recall the people at the parade sucked and were pushy, so I may wander down afterwards to watch the dragons eat the lettuce, but not watch the actual parade.