Spring things

A few wonderful spring firsts this week: eating a dish of coffee ice cream at La Michoacana; cutting daffs from the garden instead of buying them at the store; no need to strip off jacket, leggings, hat, scarf, boots, etc. and cram them in the locker before going to gym class; hanging laundry outside on the line and hearing it flap in the breeze because the windows are open; the mouth-watering smell of BBQ smoke outside Hood's; purple hyacinths blooming in the dividing island at Unionville High School; the marsh marigolds covering the banks along the Brandywine (especially wonderful on Route 842 going toward West Chester); sitting outside with a glass of iced coffee in front of Philter and watching the passersby; and just across the street at the Half Moon, my first seasonally appropriate Hendrick's and tonic.