Spring is SERIOUS BUSINESS in Chicago!
We suffer—and I do mean suffer—through this region’s cold nasty winters only to dig our heels in for March and April’s wildly fickle weeks. There was a time earlier this month where we got snow, rain, sleet, and sunshine in repeated cycles all in one day! It was a different season every time you looked out the window. Thirty degree temperature drops. Snow on blooming daffodils. You don’t know which clothes to keep in your closet, or whether to take the ice-scraper out of your car. It can make a gal crazy.
Then, finally, Spring puts her foot down and declares her arrival. It was 80 yesterday, and I did doing the very favorite thing about my work—writing on the deck. Those are the day where I love the nature of my job, where writing feels like the best profession on the planet. Sure, it’s 50 again today, but I know Chicago’s on the upswing of Spring.
I’m currently writing the fourth book in the Blue Thorn Ranch series—one you’ll see next year. But this month has also been filled with lovely letter and emails from many of you who have taken the time to let me know how much you’re enjoying the Blue Thorn Ranch series. Books one and two are out and ready for you to read, and book three will show up in August.
Spring is my favorite time of year. It’s optimism season. Dog walks are happy affairs instead of bundled-up endurance tests. Grass is emerald green and soft, flowers poke their perky noses up everywhere in celebration that Chicago’s winter is long gone.
What’s your favorite thing about Spring?
2 comments:
I love seeing the cherry trees and dogwoods in bloom. Our bright orange California poppies are blanketing hillsides, too. Love that.
I like all the knew life of plants and animals that you get to see as you are out driving around ky.
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