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arguchiki ran 3 miles this morning. that puts me at 14 for this week. suhweeeeet!
along my route, i pass a garden that has some decorative grass in it. the leaf blades are long and wavy, and they arch up to about 2 or 2-1/2 feet high and then drape over the edge of the sidewalk. i like to brush my fingers through it as i run past--it makes a cool whispering noise. there's also a mature lilac bush i'm keeping my eye on. it's going to bloom soon. i love lilacs. one of the things i miss about vermont is the lilacs. apparently all the old farmers loved them too, because they are everywhere--huge, hundred+ year old bushes. at the shelburne museum they have a lilac festival every spring. when you walk through their grounds, the scent of lilac in the air is just amazing. there's nothing like it. they aren't as prevalent here--maybe they prefer cold winters, or maybe it's just that people here have a lot more varieties of flowering shrubs to choose from. i only know of a few good-sized lilacs around town. one of them is this one on my running route; some others are planted in a line by denny hall on campus. i don't think they're very happy there--they are kind of gangly and rangy looking. they make nice flowers, though.
i love to put my whole face into a lilac bloom and just breathe. if i had to choose one experience that is quintessentially spring, i think that would be it.
along my route, i pass a garden that has some decorative grass in it. the leaf blades are long and wavy, and they arch up to about 2 or 2-1/2 feet high and then drape over the edge of the sidewalk. i like to brush my fingers through it as i run past--it makes a cool whispering noise. there's also a mature lilac bush i'm keeping my eye on. it's going to bloom soon. i love lilacs. one of the things i miss about vermont is the lilacs. apparently all the old farmers loved them too, because they are everywhere--huge, hundred+ year old bushes. at the shelburne museum they have a lilac festival every spring. when you walk through their grounds, the scent of lilac in the air is just amazing. there's nothing like it. they aren't as prevalent here--maybe they prefer cold winters, or maybe it's just that people here have a lot more varieties of flowering shrubs to choose from. i only know of a few good-sized lilacs around town. one of them is this one on my running route; some others are planted in a line by denny hall on campus. i don't think they're very happy there--they are kind of gangly and rangy looking. they make nice flowers, though.
i love to put my whole face into a lilac bloom and just breathe. if i had to choose one experience that is quintessentially spring, i think that would be it.
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You're way ahead of me
Date: 2007-04-06 07:10 pm (UTC)Re: You're way ahead of me
Date: 2007-04-06 07:39 pm (UTC)love the stridberg and helium usericon, btw. i'm bummed that a bunch of those shorts are only accessible through comedy central, and not through the strindberg and helium site.
Re: You're way ahead of me
Date: 2007-04-06 07:43 pm (UTC)Re: You're way ahead of me
Date: 2007-04-06 07:49 pm (UTC)