A Walk in the Park

I walked to the mailbox this morning, taking a shortcut thrugh the park.  There has been no sign of snow for a week now and things are rapidly greening up.  I seemed to be the only one out today.  The park/playground/soccer field was empty...a bit wet from the early morning rain.  The day is cloudy and windy, but lovely just the same.  I just had my phone with me so the pictures aren't as good as they should be.

An easy walk on paved paths

With conveniently placed benches for resting on.

This is a close up of the tree in the bench picture above.
I love all it's branches, perfect for climbing on.

It looked winter dead but I spotted some new green growth.

Then there was this stand of dead pine trees.

Pretty sad looking.  I wondered why they hadn't been cut down.

Then I walked closer and saw beautiful new green growth,
as well as the pretty little pink baby pine cones.  I had never
seen them before - it was a pleasant surprise.



Lots of new growth that had just been waiting for a few sunny days to show itself

A life lesson maybe?  What appears from a distance to be
used up and dead, upon closer notice is just bursting with life.

And here's one of the main reasons the grandkids like coming to
Grammy and Papa's house - the great playground just across the street.

The grass in the park still looks pretty faded and sparce but it'll come to life very quickly now that it's not covered with snow.  It looks like spring has finally come to Alberta.