Sunday the last of the snow melted away as the temperature hit sixty. In the sun it was quite warm. Even though I knew spring was just teasing me, I ripped the plastic off all the drafty windows, pulled out my razor blade to fight the paint and the swelling wood. After a while I had a few of them open, creating a wonderful cross breeze and finally letting in the fresh air.
I spent my lazy morning curled on the couch, feeling the outside come inside and listening to all the people of Chestertown down below. In the afternoon we walked all around, but of course everything was closed as it was past noon on Sunday.
Tired of cooking, we ordered a pizza, and pulled out the chairs and little table that once lived on the balcony in the old apartment. We sat them at the bottom of the stairs on cross street, filled two glasses with iced tea, and sat in the sun while we waited for our pizza to arrive.
In a few weeks we're getting a screen door installed at the top of the stairs, making a "mini" porch that Elby can go out on and allowing air flow on all four sides of the apartment.
As cute and wonderful winter has been here, I am so excited for spring and summer.
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You make me miss it all the more. We've had warm days here too, and sun! More than one day of it in the past week. I wish there was somewhere here I could just sit outside but for some reason my favorite park has no benches.
ReplyDeleteIced Tea!