21 February 2022 – I look at this front yard ensemble, everything still so bedraggled …
and I think: Ohhhhh, it’s not spring yet.
But spring is coming — less than a month away. (Less by only 1 day, but I’ll take it.)
And signs of vernal optimism are everywhere.
New plantings are being dug into this sidewalk wheelbarrow on West 10th …
crocuses & snowdrops have jumped up among the ferns, just opposite …
and Whole Foods has refreshed the panels of its living wall just off Cambie Street.
Even this faery-tree tableau lives up to the optimism theme …
though I have to lean in close & read the fine print, to notice it.
Now, that is optimism.
WALKING WOMAN 
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 21 February 2022It looks very springy to me – I’m definitely optimistic!
icelandpenny
/ 22 February 2022right: bare ground + crocuses = spring-ish!
Lynette d'Arty-Cross
/ 22 February 2022🙂
dianaed14
/ 22 February 2022With you readers have really got to know your area.
icelandpenny
/ 22 February 2022oh dear, that worries me, people shouldn’t have to know Vancouver to enjoy my posts! and though I mention a street, it isn’t important for the sense of what I’m talking about, so please don’t feel you need to find a map, or that you are somehow excluded from a deeper level of meaning, for that is not the case
dianaed14
/ 24 February 2022You have highlighted certain open areas and of course more built up places so my comment was just a general – got to know – I wouldn’t try to look on a map as that would spoil the spontaneity of the walk. I am known for sending unclear messengers!!!!!!