We Met Spring Today Then She Stuck Her Tongue Out At Us

We left Alabama today with mixed emotions. Such a beautiful Spring day!

Spring walked up to the house early this morning and rang our door bell. I answered, said "great to see ya", then I walked right out and drove to Opelika for a Doctor's appointment.

When I got back to the house, Spring was unloading all of her goodies for us to see. The morning was clear and warm, and had that certain smell in the air that says Spring! She stuck out her tongue and taunted like a child "too bad you won't be around here to enjoy days like this!"

Spring unloaded a ton of pollen on our vehicles this morning. The yellowish green dust is a certain indicator that the weather has changed. Spring stuck out her tongue and said "too bad you won't be around here to wash my dust off your cars!"

Spring ushered in her carpenter bees as they figuratively drove up in a van with a big trailer hooked up with all their tools. We continued to load our car for the trip South, and all the while we were watched and escorted by the huge carpenter bees that hovered in our way. Spring stuck out her tongue at us and taunted "bet you can't wait to get back and see all the destruction these bad boys are going to do to the wood on your porches!"

Spring opened buds on azaleas and flowering trees in the neighborhood this morning. She stuck her tongue out at us and said "eat your heart out, you won't be around to enjoy the show this year!"

Spring colored our lake water a beautiful, brilliant green this morning. A shade of green that we only see at this time of year. Spring stuck her tongue out and said "much nicer than the water that you will be seeing for the next year!"

So on this beautiful day when Spring finally appeared, we loaded up our car, hit the road, and here we are in Florida, sitting on "Blue Moon". As we looked in the rear view mirror heading up our street in Alabama, there was Spring, sticking her tongue out at us to taunt us to make us feel bad for leaving now that she has finally arrived.

But the joke is on her! We will see Spring again and again in the next month as we head North on The Great Loop. We will see her in new and different settings along the East Coast. We will escort her as she unloads her goodies for all to see. What we are giving up in Alabama will be with us in areas yet to be explored.

To Spring we say, "Put that tongue back in your mouth! Do not taunt us! We are with you for the long haul. Show us what you do to other parts of the country! (But PLEASE do something else with your carpenter bees!)"

Thanks for Reading!