With Arms Outstretched
Spring is in the air in Phoenix. The entire city smells of orange blossoms. Walking downtown at lunch, you are likely to see a gaggle of Spring break high schoolers in bright tank tops and coordinating flip flops stumble past a gaggle of office workers, mumbling under their breath and waving half-empty coffee cups, green with envy. Afternoon meetings are bumped to 2 pm and left early to make it home in time for long runs, time by the pool, grilled burgers on the bbq. The snow birds are packing their things and slowly returning to the Midwest. Freckles begin to emerge on softly tanned shoulders.
This is the time of year to celebrate being a Phoenician.
I feel a bit like this tree. Green, healthy, happy, stretching my arms to the sun and thanking nature for lovely weather and the promise of new beginnings.
~K
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Ah, it sounds wonderful! We had a rare sunny weekend recently and even my 3-year-old noticed. He flung open the front door and yelled, “Thank you, Sun, for the light!” It cracked me up, but I felt the same way!
March 13th, 2007 at 2:45 pmI am loving the sun in my neighborhood also! Not loving the 20-30 mile winds that come with it….But I wore flip-flops to spite it!
March 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pmGOOD RIDDANCE SNOW BIRDS! We won’t miss your slow driving!
March 13th, 2007 at 3:39 pmYeah for taking-the-top-off-the-Jeep weather! Wanna go for a ride?
We are having great springy weather too. It’s hard to believe that last week my children were home for a snow day, playing in the snow and drinking hot chocolate. Today they were riding bikes and eating popsicles.
Life is good!
March 13th, 2007 at 3:39 pmYou’ve missed your calling - you should totally be working for the Chamber of Commerce!
This beautifully worded post has me wanting to start researching relocating to Phoenix…
March 13th, 2007 at 4:30 pmI’m with LLA — time to go to Phoenix and smell the orange blossoms!
Man, I can’t wait to start grilling. And even with the crazy-early time change, it’s so nice to still have some sunlight at 6 pm. Hooray, spring! (I must say that 3 times a day)
March 13th, 2007 at 4:51 pmoh how lovely that sounds. enjoy the beauty.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:16 pmYou described Spring in Southern Arizona perfectly!
March 13th, 2007 at 5:33 pmSounds beautiful! Love the pic!
March 13th, 2007 at 7:22 pmWe are really blessed by these beautiful days and cool nights. Now if my frost damaged bushes would just get new leaves, things would be perfect!
March 13th, 2007 at 10:02 pmHere too the spring is arrived, eben if for the next week they are expecting snow!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 12:37 amYes, thank you for sending the birds back. We have missed them here. Love your tree photo.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:11 amI’m happy spring is in the air to …so exciting this time of year !
March 14th, 2007 at 3:35 amLucky you ~ sounds fantastic! It’s in the 40s here which gives us New Englanders spring fever, if you can believe it.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:46 amit’s been gorgeous here too! it’s supposed to be 82 tomorrow & i’m taking my sis to the zoo. can’t wait! so glad i don’t live up north!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 4:36 ambeautiful post, kelli. phoenix sounds lovely… orange blossoms… mmmm… so glad you are enjoying the sun!
March 14th, 2007 at 4:49 amit’s spring break here this week and that phenomenon you are describing (office workers and their coffee cups) is just a tad more excruciating on a college campus, when we are the only ones around
I bet those early morning runs on the canel just got earlier.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:22 ami know exactly what you mean. it has been in the 70’s here and i’m loving it. the only bad thing is i know what kind of weather is right behind hot. hot and humid=yuck!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:54 amHi Kelli–thanks for the great spring post. It’s wonderful here in Virginia, but I still have one ski weekend to go. I’m hoping a little cold air comes in just in time for me to hit the slopes one more time. Take care!
March 14th, 2007 at 9:59 ami love the smell of orange blossoms! so jealous! enjoying spring here too!
March 14th, 2007 at 11:26 amI’m soooo ready for BBQ’s!!
March 14th, 2007 at 12:05 pmYou got the bbq out already?! Can’t wait for that
March 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pmBeautifully written, Kelli. It’s so springy here too, but I wish “the office” would take the same attitude toward early dismissals. I’d love a long run in the early evening before dinner.
March 14th, 2007 at 2:58 pmSo pretty. What an inspirational picture. I’m still waiting on spring but am taking comfort in knowing that it’s coming. I’ve got the arms outstretched looking for a little lovin’ from the blessed sun.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:05 pmWhat a beautiful post Kelli!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:11 pmSounds so nice! Wish we could grow citrus fruit here in Denver. I’d love to smell the blossoms. Anyway, the spring air is finally here.
BTW, this post put on the pressure to get you the dough recipe I promised–before it’s too hot to use your oven!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 9:01 pmIt’s very hot here too, but they say it will snow next week, can you believe it???
March 15th, 2007 at 6:10 amWow, what a perfect description! This is my favorite time of year in PHX, LOVE those orange blossoms!
March 16th, 2007 at 5:59 amStretch wide, catch it all.
March 18th, 2007 at 6:40 pm