It looks like spring is very close...
I have driven to work with sunglasses on two days in a row. So that tells me the days are getting longer. And I have been feeling the energy rumbling around under our feet for a couple of weeks now. Can you feel it?
All the energy of growing and blooming and smiling nature? She's been asleep long enough. It is time to GO!
We get an early peek at it here in Dallas when the daffodils bloom in mid-February. By next week, we will be seeing pear trees all aglow in dazzling displays of white. It looks like they have fresh snow on them!
But there is one sign that I'm not sure if anyone else noticed. It is almost as apparent as seeing geese flying north, which most people miss too. This sign is confirmation that I have become almost totally citified. Such sites are not really possible in rural areas.
As a creature of habit, I am usually traveling I-35 South through Carrollton and Farmers Branch about the same time every day. Sometimes I go a different route to work to keep my truck confused, but mostly it is down the same highway. I have "time checks" along the way - certain vehicles I have seen repeatedly ("Oh no. I must be late").
But a couple of weeks ago I had something happen a few times that I enjoyed immensely. Have you ever been driving down the road at just that transitionn time between day and night? That time happened to be right when I was traveling down 35. There, lined up on either side of the freeway, stretched out before us were the tall highway lights, standing like sentinels guarding against the darkness. Their white bulbs at the top of the poles hang like flowers in that pre-dawn period. Their job is complete. They kept the night at bay one more time. And as I was driving down that busy freeway, for those three or fours day, my timing was perfect.
They clicked off in unison.
Blink.
Nothing else changed in my vista.
Cars and freeways. Buildings and billboards all looked the same.
But at 60 miles per hour, those lights winked at me.
Now they wink at someone else. And that's ok. Because, see, me and the sun have this thing going on now where I get the first ray in the corner of my left eye as I drive down the road. Just a golden glow that lets me know today is another beatuiful gift.
All the energy of growing and blooming and smiling nature? She's been asleep long enough. It is time to GO!
We get an early peek at it here in Dallas when the daffodils bloom in mid-February. By next week, we will be seeing pear trees all aglow in dazzling displays of white. It looks like they have fresh snow on them!
But there is one sign that I'm not sure if anyone else noticed. It is almost as apparent as seeing geese flying north, which most people miss too. This sign is confirmation that I have become almost totally citified. Such sites are not really possible in rural areas.
As a creature of habit, I am usually traveling I-35 South through Carrollton and Farmers Branch about the same time every day. Sometimes I go a different route to work to keep my truck confused, but mostly it is down the same highway. I have "time checks" along the way - certain vehicles I have seen repeatedly ("Oh no. I must be late").
But a couple of weeks ago I had something happen a few times that I enjoyed immensely. Have you ever been driving down the road at just that transitionn time between day and night? That time happened to be right when I was traveling down 35. There, lined up on either side of the freeway, stretched out before us were the tall highway lights, standing like sentinels guarding against the darkness. Their white bulbs at the top of the poles hang like flowers in that pre-dawn period. Their job is complete. They kept the night at bay one more time. And as I was driving down that busy freeway, for those three or fours day, my timing was perfect.
They clicked off in unison.
Blink.
Nothing else changed in my vista.
Cars and freeways. Buildings and billboards all looked the same.
But at 60 miles per hour, those lights winked at me.
Now they wink at someone else. And that's ok. Because, see, me and the sun have this thing going on now where I get the first ray in the corner of my left eye as I drive down the road. Just a golden glow that lets me know today is another beatuiful gift.
posted by Kurt at 10:34 AM
3 Comments:
Here in New England winter has just arrived. We can't even keep up with the seasons! Your post reminded me of just how much of a backwater the Connecticut River Valley has become. Sad for a place that for nearly a century was THE center of technological innovation for the world: the Silicon Valley of the 1800's.
What's this spring thing you speak about. I have had to use my sunglasses for 2,914 days in a row now.
I have caught those early morning sunrises on the way to work .. ug .. and miss most of the winter ones at night. Although very nice indeed, they double the commute time with all the people unprepared hold up books and news papers to shield their eyes. Dumbasses ruin the beauty of it.
I love when I see them click off in unison. Its like,I dunno, the green flash or something.
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