Changing Seasons

Western King Bird

This being our first summer in Purple Springs we were a bit reserved in what our expectations should be regarding spring and summer.  In Ontario the rhyme holds true that April showers bring May flowers, but here, May had arrived and I still hadn't seen the rain or the flowers!  We weren't sure how to react or what to say when people asked us about what we thought...

But June was rainy, and there are flowers are here, just not on our property.  I guess it wasn't a priority.  I don't actually remember having a spring in my life where I did not watch daffodils and tulips peek their beautiful heads out of the ground, giving the brown earth some much needed colour after a cold winter!
That's all behind us now, July has come with it's heat, and we are loving it.  It's such a different heat then Ontario has, and unless you've experienced both you can't even understand that there could be such a difference! It's dry here - no humidex to watch for on The Weather Network!  When the thermometer says it's 33 degrees, it actually is! I know, takes a bit of getting used to;)
Some things we do miss are the blooming trees and many shades of green that cover the ground this time of year in Ontario. It's all green here too. don't get me wrong, it's just not as wide on the colour wheel.  And as much as we are enjoying farm life and new friends sometimes a coffee on a front porch with my friendly neighbours would be a beautiful respite.  Another thing that hit me the other day was how out of shape I am must be.  Our family walks on paved roads the evenings Andy was home early are a faint memory.  Good thing there's still ice cream and cones all across the country. :)

Still... the days of shorts and t-shirts, bubble blowing, bike riding, freezies and just plain old baskin'-in-the-rays are upon us!  And we couldn't be more ready!