Another Spring!

I drove through Seneca and Cherokee Park this morning and it was evident that Spring had truly arrived. I drive through there frequently on Saturday mornings and there is always some activity but today was especially awesome.First of all the golfers were out in numbers. Golf carts wheezing along the fairways and the new walkway. All the guys eager to get out there and forget all of their bad habits and really play some golf this year. Hope springs eternal in the golfers heart.The trees and shrubs are just beginning to blossom out. The Tulip Trees are the most advanced in the blooming stage, then the Red Buds ,finally the DogWoods beginning to take on their popcorn personna. All of the other trees are beginning to bud out too. A beautiful sight. A new beginning. I love it! The winding roads were alive with runners and power walkers in various stages of dress and (almost) undress. Bare legs and almost bare cheeks on some of the ladies. Muscle shirts and slick running shorts on the macho guys.A few baby stroller/runner carriages with shapely moms pushing up and down hills. Even a balding fiftyish guy cruising through the throng in his convertible with the top down.Would it be Spring for real if you didn't see a convertible with the top down on the first day of 60+ weather? As I left the park and drove down Speed Ave. on my way to Frankfort Ave. I could see a train in the distance on the tracks that run parellel with Frankfort Ave. As I drew nearer I could see the train consisted of Army vihicles of all sorts and types, even brand new Red Cross ambulances, jeeps, half-ton trucks and many conveyences that I could not identify. A sudden jolt back to the reality of war and all that it entails. I fervently hope and pray that all of our men, women and boys will live to enjoy the beauties of springs in the future.