Maybe I’m an optimist (I guess that fits, given where this column runs), but I’m starting to see signals of spring.
Just after summer turns to fall, we start seeing more and more fog. It’s usually about a month after the good weather ends. Lately, we’ve had a few foggy mornings. Hopefully that signals the coming of better weather. Fingers crossed.
Then, a friend of mine was complaining about allergies. With spring comes allergy symptoms. While I sympathize with his plight, I had to smile a bit.
Spring is coming. We had our winter hit at Christmas, where it belongs. I don’t care what the groundhog says next week, winter is done on this side of the country, and that means one thing… Spring Clean-up. It’s back, and just in time. I’ve got a lot of stuff to get rid of. At least that’s what my wife keeps telling me.
For the past two years, the stuff that would usually end up on the curb in late March has been cluttering up my garage, my office and my house. We took advantage of the big item pick-up the City of Delta used to replace Spring Clean-up last summer, but it just wasn’t the same.
As the weather gets nicer and we emerge from our COVID hibernation, we have something to look forward to. I was a little worried that it wouldn’t come back at all, but the powers that be decided differently. Thank goodness. The greatest recycling event of the year is planned for the last week of March, and has the potential to be the most active in a long time.
I can’t be the only one with a pile of stuff to get rid of. We’ve lived with things that might have been tossed already if Spring Clean-up hadn’t been cancelled. Oh, the treasures that will find a new home. It’s like Halloween for the hoarders, minus any tricks.
This would be a great start to getting back to what life was like a couple years ago.
It would be great to see the Tour de Delta back as well, which is being reviewed. Given the uncertainty and the lead-time required to plan bigger events, it may take a while for some of our usual activities to align with the gradual removal of restrictions.
In the meantime, the curbside adventures will have to suffice. It’s a pretty good start.
