Beethoven, Blueberry and Leafing

As we strolled along Main Street, the opening of Beethoven's Fifth kept playing in my head. Something is always playing in my head, but on this particular morning, it was our friend, Beethoven. 

In an attempt to culturalize a rowdy class of boys, our grade 9 music teacher would play this symphony for us along with several other classical pieces for. Two others that I recall are The Bolero and the Coriolanus Overture. To be truthful, I no longer remember how Coriolanus went, but I am playing it now to see if anything clicks in me olde 'ead.

The Fifth was perfect on this day because the words that kept playing along with it were, Blueberry Scone, words that fit perfectly well with the opening bars. I kid you not; those blessed words kept repeating over and over. Clearly, the universe was trying to tell me something.

The scones were purchased, and then we drove through Tim's for coffee before parking in our usual spot near the docks by the edge of Riverside Park.

Sitting there, I appreciated the beginning of The Greening of the Leaves. Not all of the park's trees were leafing out, but enough were that, of course, I was going to take commemorative photos once we had consumed our caffeine and tasty snack.

The view from the car revealed feathery greenery in the near treetops.

Farther along, that poor, old, bent tree was leafing out having survived another winter.   

While those photos would look a little better if they were brighter, that is what the day was like, and it was good enough for me.