First Signs of 2021 Spring

It is the second coming of spring since we have been COVID stranded. With the beginning of spring a few days off, there are signs it is on its way.

As CJ leaves physical therapy, there is a yellow rose bush in bloom on the street. He finds this strange since the early rose on Halifax Street is not blossoming yet, and the rose garden in Veale Gardens has only recently been pruned.

He returns home through the south parklands. Veale Gardens is abuzz with activity. City personnel are busy with spring plantings.

Adjacent to the recently pruned rose gardens, he finds another bed recently planted with bright spring flowers. There is no sign of activity in the rose gardens.

There are also perennial spring flowers already in bloom.

Two parks later, near the Japanese Garden there is a stand of Japanese cherry trees and a succulent garden. The succulent garden has aloe plants flowering a sign of the end of winter. The blooming cherry trees herald the coming of spring.