Spring is in full-swing here in Seattle – budding leaves, fluffy blossoms, and quite a few of those sun-shiny teaser days that make you want to pull out your sandals and retire your winter coat (although I’ve learned by now that such days are often followed by 50 degrees and rain). Â I’ve gotten into the habit of grabbing my camera when we leave the house, as these blooms (and Juliette’s joy over them) are too good not to capture. Â Get your scroll finger ready – I went a little nuts!
We made it out to UW the third weekend in March, just in time to catch the cherry blossoms before they all fell to the ground. Â It had rained that morning and the sunlight struggling through the clouds was extra warm, making the quad extra magical.
Juliette ran wild in the blossom-littered grass – given our mild winter, this was as close as she got to playing in the snow this year!
We’ve lucked out with a string of sunny Thursdays and have been celebrating our mama-Jules days with trips to parks and playgrounds. Â The sand box at Whale Tale Park near Alki is a new favorite.
Juliette and Nico spent a Thursday afternoon harvesting daisies at Seward Park.
We went for a leisurely stroll through Colman Park a couple of weeks ago – I was disappointed to see that the p-patch was no longer planted with dahlias, but we did find a rogue tulip to admire.
And so much lush, lush green!
Juliette and I made a game of picking and blowing dandelion puffs – her first couple of tries resulted in a mouth full of fuzz, but now she’s got it down.
We walked to the bakery last Thursday and stopped to fawn over these pink pom-poms near the library.
And then headed over to Lake Washington Boulevard for a walk down the tree-lined sidewalk.
PINK!
And what’s even more exciting than flowers?  Springtime brings BASEBALL!  Juliette donned her cap for the Giants season opener and we let her stay up past her bedtime to catch the first couple of innings.
We’re going to make a die-hard fan out of this kid.
Each time I step outside, a few more blossoms have wilted and fallen.  That’s the downside to Spring – it’s so quickly fleeting, and try as I might to memorialize each flower, each angelic daisy-crowned grin with a photo, there’s no stopping the passage of time.  Before I know it, I’ll be waxing poetic about autumn’s golden leaves falling from the trees!  Then again, each day brings us closer to freshly picked berries and swimsuits and splash sessions in the lake.  And watermelon!  And warmth.
Consider me consoled.