I LOVED yesterday.
What made me love yesterday? All it
took was a 15-minute span around 1pm, when I went outside and took a
walk around downtown Marquette, a downtown Marquette filled with sun
and a temperature approaching 75 degrees.
It‘s been a long time since I was
able to do that, to just go out and enjoy the sun and the “heat”.
Actually, it was the first time since October when the temperatures
hit 70 here. Now, I realize that compared to, say, July, this was
nothing, but after those six long months (not to mention very low
seasonal sun angles since that fateful October day) it was nice to
get out and “feel” the first taste of the summer to come.
And I know I wasn’t the only one
enjoying it, The people I passed on the street all had an extra
spring in their steps, and I noticed things I haven’t seen in
months, like the young lady with neon orange hair sitting on the
steps of old City Hall, the young couple walking down the street,
hand-in-hand and oblivious to everything but love, and the guy
running up Front Street hill without a shirt, but wearing a hat &
gloves.
Spring fever affects different people
in different ways, I guess.
I thought about grabbing some food and
eating lunch down at Lower Harbor Park, but the ice sheet is still
sitting on the other side of the breakwater, and that would’ve
blocked out some of the magic the day seemed to have. Besides, there
will be other days to do that, days when the temperature’s even
warmer and the sun is even brighter.
Sadly, while those days do include
today (when it's supposed to be even warmer) they won't include the
rest of the week, when temps will be 20 or 30 degrees colder and the
sky will be filled with rain, and not sun. But those “other days”
are not far away, and after an atypical Upper Michigan winter, it’s
something to which we can ALL look forward.
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