{"id":573894090,"date":"2022-02-21T21:15:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894090"},"modified":"2023-05-13T01:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T05:40:33","slug":"the-third-half-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/the-third-half-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The third half of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is about time<\/em> I thought on my walk from the car to the building this morning, to see a fake signal. And as I walked by one of the little patches of soil that separates the parking lot from the sidewalk, I saw it. Right on time, just like every other year we’ve been here, trying to trick me.<\/p>\n

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Even though I misinterpret it (“Spring!”) I will not be tricked. We have more cold and some snow flurries and ice this week and who knows what else in the next … six or eight weeks.<\/p>\n

He said with the world’s most predictable sigh. <\/p>\n

But, hey, the days are getting longer. The coats are getting lighter. And the cold is, for now, a bit milder. <\/p>\n

This was the sun on our walk yesterday. I was only wearing a medium-weight coat.<\/p>\n

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And here are two more pictures from that walk, because I am fascinated by the idea that so many things look better in real life than they do in photographs. For instance, this sycamore is really popping in the late-day sun. And, yet …<\/p>\n

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Same with this tree, which I think is just dead. The sun is playful, the limbs are colorful, but the photographic result leaves something to be desired.<\/p>\n

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You know what else leaves something to be desired? My ability to keep things up-to-date. This show is from Wednesday night and went online Thursday and I forgot to post it here. Shame on me. <\/p>\n