Spring Tuesday on My Street

How lucky we have been here to have 4 days in a row of wonderful warm, warm sunny weather. I can feel the difference in my day first thing after I wake up... the sun shining in, the windows open, the quiet street noise below. I can feel the bounce in my step as I make my way to the subway under the shade of the newly grown green cover above. With the weather forecast predicting cooler and rainier weather this week and a overly warm apartment, I decided getting out for a walk around the neighborhood would be a perfect after-work/before-dinner activity for me. I grabbed my camera, and headed out.

Pink petals blanketing the sidewalk. Petals were falling to the ground all around me... It's the perfect snow.

My favorite part of Spring... Lilacs. I had such a wonderful, peaceful walk that I convinced Seth (didn't take much convincing) that we must go on a walk this evening after we ate dinner. As we walked, I was getting ready to tell him about the lilacs. I was stopped, immediately. The smell of lilacs, as I glanced left, there was the source. A brilliant lilac bush (even better than the one pictured above) hiding in the twilight of our evening. Lilacs remind me of home, the bushes that I wonder by everyday on my way to get the mail. Lilacs remind of Lauren. The street across from her old apartment in her small Nebraska town lined with the most I'd ever seen in my life, in bloom for our visit last May.

This afternoon, I was tagged by KekeLynn at A Look Behind My Eyes to make a list of six unimportant things that make me happy... Here are my six from today:

1. Pesto and Pasta. Love pesto! Can't wait for leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

2. Open windows. My husband has been wanting to put the air conditioner in the window in our bedroom, but I've been pushing it off because there are many more open window days to come.

3. Library books. I am back to checking out books. Paid my fees, trying a new branch that might be easier to get to when I need to return books. Gotta go one more time this week for the last book I put on hold.

4. Walks. With cameras. With husbands.

5. Milk shakes. Especially after a warm commute home to a overly warm apartment on a Tuesday afternoon.

6. Lilacs. Picture above :)

The rules say to tag 6 people, but for some reason, I don't really like tagging people! So, tag yourselves! Go back to your blogs, post your list of 6 unimportant things that make you happy. Then come back here and share the link with me so I can get "my six" tagged! :) And thanks, KekeLynn for sharing with me!!