Started this blog in May and then I just don’t know where the month went. So excuse the lateness….
Mayday, May flowers, maybe, May long weekend, come what May, Cinco de Mayo, a-May-zing!!
Toronto is starting to warm up but Cochrane brought in May with 14 centimeters of snow. Oh this wonderful world is mixed up weather wise. The sunshine sure does feel good on the body after this long cold winter.
What’s in store for you? Gardening, cycling, walking as the days get longer and longer? I am already checking the tires on my bike and looking around for my helmet and padded bike shorts. Voldemort is out in the gardens of Cochrane looking for the new growth and hoping all the perennials made it through the winter.
At the spring equinox, days are close to 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses. Springtime refers to the season, and also to rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Reflect on your life. Are you happy? Are you healthy? Are you making a positive impact on something or someone? If you can answer yes to at least one of these questions you are headed in the right direction.
Life is what happens and then it is June. The weather is still a little crazy. Lake Louise is still ice covered and there was a lovely hail storm yesterday. We have had some Ontario visitors make the trek to Cochrane as well as one Aussie who dropped by and it was wonderful to share our little piece of heaven with good friends.
Some dips in the hot springs, trips up the Sulpher Mountain Gondola, horseback riding at Warner Stables and lunching at the Banff springs Hotel.
Spring has also brought back some other welcome friends to the GCA (greater Cochrane area). Oswald and Ophelia, our resident osprey, are back in their nest preparing for some new chicks. Mountain goats, deer and the favourite prairie dogs are popping up everywhere.
So a big thank you to our visitors for making the trek, to sunshine and spring weather, and for our continued health and good fortune.
ddcleve 