on Spring, finally

I have been hesitant to make this announcement for a few weeks now.  Spring arrived, then went away, then came back, teasing us with warm afternoons and bursts of color, only to leave us yet again with a string of cold, damp days.  But this morning, walking to work, I felt it was finally here.  So for now, no words*, just some photos from a vacation day outing to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden two weeks ago: 

*I feel like I have a lot to say about Osama bin Laden and the past two days, but not yet.