You know the feeling when spring has truly sprung? The quality of the air changes, ever so slightly. The heat of the sun lingers on your skin and your muscles seem to relax into it. The air is freshened with the purfume of many flowers. The coat you once wore so comfortably now swelters. Birdsong sounds lighter, as if it's now in celebration. Or perhaps it seems lighter because there's more of it.
Your footsteps feel lighter. A walk that just one week ago seemed to last forever is now a joyful stroll, as you can't help but notice how everything all around you is coming to life.
Yes, spring has indeed come to Melbourne! This city may be windy, cold, rainy and weepy sometimes. But this past weekend, it was spring!
To celebrate, I took a tram out to Port Melbourne. So much like Ahsbridges Bay, I saw people playing beach volleyball. In a walk to a sculpture garden, I spied a marvel in the next photo. Now, before you read the text below, I want to you try and find what's so special about the tree picture.
If you look really careful, can you see little yellow dots in the tree? I've got a prize for anyone who can guess!
The excitement was too much for me. I found a spot on the sand and lay down. What is it about beach sand? As soon as you lie down and ease your body into it, tension just seeps out in one whoosh.
I heard the girls taking pictures of themselves doing carwheels on one side of me and a woman with her non-compliant dog on the other. It was all just there, as the sunshine and the warm sand took me to that place called "Ahhhhh!"
All those back in Canada will get their revenge for this post. My return to mid-winter is going to really hurt. Feel free to laugh.
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