weekly winners: in bloom

March 29 - April 4, 2009

There are tons of flowering trees near both my home and office, which are beautiful right now. I know it won't last too much longer, and it's been killing me that I haven't really have any opportunities to go snap some photos.

So I was thrilled when I was able to go on a good long walk yesterday. Normally I run on Saturdays, but I had a 10-mile race this morning (No, I did not do the Cherry Blossom run in DC today, but my running club's version, the Cherry Pit!)

Some of my friends were meeting after their run yesterday to surprise one of the women with a little birthday celebration for her 40th that's coming up this week. They were meeting in town, about two miles from my house. The sun was shining, and I decided to walk. It was a little cool and breezy, but I just bundled up and went on my way!

Spa Creek

The headwaters of Spa Creek form a little fork around my neighborhood, with two small footbridges to cross it. Ultimately, this creek will go into town, and just around the corner it's deep enough that houses can have private docks.

Makeshift Lake

There's been a lot of rain lately. These ducks took advantage of a new swimming hole in what usually is a field.

And now, here's what I was really out there for. The flowers.

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