False Summer in Southern Ontario

What a day....get out the shorts! Hurry! This won't last! Where are they! Buried under a pile of squished sweaters...and a T-shirt...wrinkled...doesn't matter. We're just going to be playing in the dirt anyway. Ah-h-h-h dirt ! ...the smell, the feel of earth, under the nails, in between the toes and yes even up the nose somehow, sometimes! That distinctively Canadian irresistable urge to plant strikes. We're not talking annuals, of course. That's after May 2-4. But evergreens, perennials, just any spot that yearns to bring forth new life, colour, a cause for celebration. Oh and pansies are OK too but what about those overgrowing specimens that came in a "Good Luck" planter during my "transition" from the workforce? They're now re-potted and sitting outside waiting for a new start just like me. The rains come, the temperature drops again, in typical southern Ontario spring fashion. It shouldn't be a surprise but it is a disappointment. We bring them inside to some artificial safety and put the shorts and T-shirts away. Maybe another day soon....