Spring! Glorious Spring!!!

Welcome to Tulsa. Home of the Tulsa Driller, Mayo Hotel, and the BOK Center. We have huge tornadoes and epic ice storms, as well as a wide, muddy stream known as the Arkansas River. There are delicious, indie, hole-in-the-wall coffee shops and diners, and this cute little mile of shops and restaurants known as Brookside. Oh, and when spring arrives, it's the most beautiful place in the world.

I'm serious. The trees explode into flowers, and the stark contrast of the light petals against the dark, naked wood is other-wordly. Crocuses begin to peep up through the brown grass and robins appear. The non-flowering trees grow fuzzy with tiny leafy buds. The sky is painted a brilliant blue. The grass slowly comes to life, a dusty hint of green becoming bright and dominant. People drive with their windows down and the sunroofs open, and they all look like this, dying to get a face-full of sun, wind, and fresh air.

Isn't it wonderful? What is your favorite part of spring?