down by the water

Do you remember the good old days when you measured a day on the amount of dirt that you could cover yourself in? The day wasn't complete if you hadn't soaked your shoes, gotten mud on your shirt and preferably put a few holes in the knees of your pants. And possibly the knees of your legs, too. Ahh, those were the good days, indeed.

A few days ago I had one of those days. Saskatoon spring chose to grace us with some beautiful weather, and I only had two hours of class. So, with the entire afternoon and still part of the morning stretched out in front of me, I set out to get dirty.

Ok, that wasn't my real purpose. But it ended up being the way things went. Because there is something else the Saskatoon spring chose to grace us with that week: a hail storm. So things were a might wet. Although most of that was probably from the several feet of snow that we have been saving up from winter that has just managed to melt away this past week.

So armed with my rubber boots, I set out for Warman. Muddy as ever there. Almost couldn't get my car out of my parking spot. Almost couldn't retrieve my boot from the mud puddle.

A few hours with the horse and then it was back home. A few days earlier I had been walking through a park near my house and I noticed a lovely little bench that was, err, inaccessible. And it endeared itself to me. So, because it was so lovely and I was just itching with free time, I set off with my faithful camera and went to capture the moment. Check it out below.



Please come and sit



More mud, more puddles. All in all, a pretty spectacular way to spend the day. And over the last few days, the weather has held. Terrifyingly windy, but the sunshine is here, and that is really all we can ask for right now. That, and no snow. But I have my doubt we won't get a snowstorm before May is over. This is Saskatoon, after all.

But in the mean time, I am enjoying the spring that is being offered. During study breaks and on my walks to school, that is.