The Spring that Sprung

This winter and early spring has been so fun. We have explored so many new and old restaurants and bars in the city but also got to go to Montuckey, Sweden and Colorado. And now we are about to go into “stay at home” mode, a modification of “shelter in place”. You can still go for a walk, go to get groceries etc, and we have more or less been in that stage for a couple of days already. I am not sure about going to the laundry mat so I am grateful that we have a washer at home!

We are already one month early with spring this year and yesterday it was 73F outside. Spring has been breaking through for a few weeks here in NYC and I have tried to follow it in Riverside Park, around Columbia University and in Central Park. I even saw a bunch of snowdrops already in February. It feels a little sad now that we have the “stay at home” order. I am not sure if we will be going on any long walks anytime soon.

But last weekend, we did venture out to Central Park. We watched spring slowly making its way through the park. A Wood duck and a turtle were sunbathing along the Loch trail. And by the reservoir you could clearly see the Cherry trees blooming.

At this point the cherry trees have been out for three weeks. You can definitely tell that spring is about a month early here in NYC. Before heading back home we took a stroll through the conservatory garden, and the Magnolias were partially blooming there. You can check out one of my posts from last spring as a comparison.

W works from home two days a week on a regular basis, so he has an office space set up in our back room/tv room/guest room. After we all got the work from home instruction on Saturday I ordered a desk, computer chair and office lamp to set up my own little nook in the living room. It’s hard to get into working from home, especially when you are a lab manager. There are of course things you can still do, albeit limited, so we will see how things evolve during these 6-8 coming weeks (or more?). How are you preparing for the coming weeks?