Drivin' past the pool
We're getting ready to do some renovations around the house, starting with a refresh of the girls' room. Every time I drive over to our friendly neighborhood home improvement store, I drive past our summer swim club. Aside from the Christmas tree sale in the parking lot every year, there's not much going on at the pool from Labor Day until late spring. Still, I sometimes pull into the parking lot, even in the dead of winter, to have a look at the grounds and imagine warmer days:
From last year's blogging I know to look for green grass starting in the middle of February. That's also when the honeybees start coming back to their hives. In fact we learned last winter that the bees always come back around February 15th, regardless of how warm, cold, rainy, or snowy it might be.
One more sign of spring that's soon to come: pitchers and catchers report back for the Phillies on February 18th. That's just five weeks away.
In the meantime, we've had some lovely evenings around the fire at home, and we'll soon get out for some indoor swimming - Nick asked me the other night if we could go swim. Absolutely! In the blink of an eye we'll be out at time trials at the swim club. Best get ready.
From last year's blogging I know to look for green grass starting in the middle of February. That's also when the honeybees start coming back to their hives. In fact we learned last winter that the bees always come back around February 15th, regardless of how warm, cold, rainy, or snowy it might be.
One more sign of spring that's soon to come: pitchers and catchers report back for the Phillies on February 18th. That's just five weeks away.
In the meantime, we've had some lovely evenings around the fire at home, and we'll soon get out for some indoor swimming - Nick asked me the other night if we could go swim. Absolutely! In the blink of an eye we'll be out at time trials at the swim club. Best get ready.
