About Blooming Time

Beautiful tree on my walk to yoga. "See my blooms?" She says,"Soon all the NY trees will follow my lead."

I feel like finally spring is here to stay. Yesterday evening I left for rehearsal without a coat (in a sweatshirt with a scarf in my bag) and coming home at midnight I didn't even regret that decision! As nice as it was at the baseball game on Saturday, yesterday and today are even warmer, and although it cools down again tomorrow, the highs are still living in the upper 60s to low 70's! Yay! It feels like we've waited so long for our weather to calm down and just stay at a consistent spring temp!

They even had to push the cherry blossom festival (usually held last weekend) to this coming weekend because barely any of the trees were blooming! Poor things...Even now I'd say less than 1/3 of the trees are blooming according to the cherry blossom tracker... Hopefully this week's warm weather will speed up the process a bit. Otherwise, I wonder if they'd push it back another week...?

As someone who runs cold, I am just excited at the prospect of wearing less layers everywhere I go. Once the nighttime temp stays above 50, I feel like I can get away with leaving my house without a scarf, coat and boots at all times. I also slept with my window open last night for the first time this year. And, dear god, do I love the fresh air! Hoping this week is a portent of more consistently warm weather to come.

And a warm breeze! I think the biggest change this last week has been the warm wind. NY winter wind is so cold. It finds its way into every nook and cranny and makes walking, even short distances, without every part of your skin covered an absolute nightmare. But now! Warm breeze! Yaaaay! I could pen an Ode to NY Warm Winds, I love it so much!