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April Brings Hope

Spring weather is almost here in the Pacific Northwest

Catherine Oceano
Weeds & Wildflowers

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Sunset over the ocean. An orange sky floats over a reflected glow on the water. Grey clouds dot the sky.
Photo credit: Catherine Oceano, Author

April brings hope for spring, for weather turning. Warmer days are coming and the sun stays with us longer. Flowers pop with colour and draw eyes to their newness as they reach from the earth.

Small purple flowers peak from green foliage
Photo credit: Author, Catherine Oceano

Trips to the beach beckon and remind us of the beauty of the ocean and the seasons to come: swimming and boating, picnics with sandy lunches and warm beverages on languid days.

Blue sky floats over a beach divided by the incoming tide. Two jet streams streak across the sky
Photo Credit: author, Catherine Oceano

Birds appear wandering the shoreline, searching for food.

A shore bird stands at the edge of the ocean
Photo credit: Author, Catherine Oceano

Eggs have been coloured and eaten, and chocolate bunnies that waited to be found are long gone.

Ten coloured eggs sit in a grey egg carton
Photo credit: author, Catherine Oceano

Visits to grandchildren bring joy.

A small child walks towards a black chicken
A visit to the cousins and their chickens. Photo credit: author, Catherine Ocean
Three wrapped chocolate bunnies sit on a wooden window ledge. There are lights on the porch outside
Waiting bunnies. Photo credit: author, Catherine Oceano

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Catherine Oceano
Weeds & Wildflowers

Written by Catherine Oceano

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