The sun is out, it’s 24 degrees out there this afternoon, so I took a walk around the block to stretch my legs and see what’s going on in my local neighbourhood. And look what I found, right out in front of block six in our apartment complex … Cherry blossoms.

A vibrant tree with pink blossoms stands near a building on a sunny day, with a blue sky above and a sidewalk on the right.

The wood peckers are on crazy time at the moment they are"drilling" down …

woodpecker hole in a tree

Dang, but it’s noisy out there today. What with the gardeners already out buzzing all over the grounds on 4-wheelers. Then throw in the noise from passing planes overhead as we’re right on today’s flightpath into the airport and, well, even the sparrows are having a hard time being heard.

And look, finally some greenery … though it’s this very mother-sucker that’s causing all my hay-fever woes. Will you look at all that tree blossom!

Branches of a tree adorned with abundant yellow flowers or foliage against a clear blue sky.