spring has sprung

hello all,

sorry that i haven't written in very long. things have been busy... I'm not sure i mentioned that I had worked out a rough sort of 'six week plan' which I had made up to get me through February and March... basically it involved a bunch of things I wanted to get done, including moving house... and as I have been working on this plan, I guess I have not been blogging.

partly its because my new flatmate and I continue to pinch low strength wireless internet connections from our neighbours while waiting for our own connection to be set up, thus I haven't had much access to the net recently, and partly its just because things have just been a wee bit hectic in my life.

When I last wrote I had been getting quite excited about the coming of spring, and I am happy to say that it is now here in full form. I walked to work in Saturday in just a t-shirt and cardigan... no jacket for me, and spring flowers are now in full bloom. Including a lone daffodil growing in my back garden. I hear that there has been lots of snow around Ontario, including a thunder and lightning snow storm in Toronto... can anyone verify this?

Part of the excitement of Spring is that I'm now experiencing a season I haven't experienced in Britain... now that I've done fall (getting colder) and winter (actually cold) TWICE, i'm ready to experience what I assume is the brighter side of England, which is coming out of the cold dampness into sunshine and warm air... though I know I can't expect to live without the rain.

Something nice about spring is that spring flowers, especially crocuses grow just about everywhere. Parks and gardens and everywhere is just full of them... have a look at this shot I took on campus. where there is grass there is spring flowers.

I have noticed that the days are getting longer, which is great except that I only have makeshift curtains on my windows in my new room so I basically wake up when the sun wakes up... will have to do something about that soon.

The new flat is really nice and I get along really well with Vicky who is my new flatmate. I will post some photos soon, including some shots of our housewarming party and the lone daffodil in my otherwise stone covered 'garden'. When you see the photos you'll see why I put the term garden in quotes.

anyway, just wanted to update quickly and say that things are going well. Will post more soon. PROMISE.

- C