Spring has returned with a vengeance to Southern California, and what used to turn this young man's fancy to baseball, now turns to GOLF!!! (I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention it here again...if you play golf, and live in or near Los Angeles, you simply MUST visit Elkins Ranch Golf Course during April/May, while the citrus trees are in bloom...go on a warm, sunny day, soak up the citrus blossom fragrance, have a legendary Elkins Ranch cheeseburger and your favorite drink, and experience a little slice of heaven here on Earth...who CARES about the score...just GO and EXPERIENCE it...everyone needs to do it at least ONCE!!!)
The Weather Channel indicated that highs would be in the low '70's yesterday - well, SOMEONE forgot to carry the one or SOMETHING, because the temperature on the official TartanGolfGrips.com Acura TL indicated a high of 88 at lunch yesterday, and I confirmed that with the large plastic thermometer that hangs outside the official TartanGolfGrips.com bay window in the kitchen over the sink...
About a month or two ago, we had a record cold snap, and many of the native plants and trees were damaged (frost burned, actually), and many of them are even starting to show signs of life...but the damage is still quite evident, and many of the plants are later than usual in launching their Spring finery...I managed to mitigate the damage to our two dwarf citrus trees in pots on the patio (shown here) by covering them with old bedsheets when the frost hit, but others in the neighborhood are still showing yellowed, curled leaves and brown spots on the winter crop that's still on the branches, primarily lemons.
But back to golf - I just realized that this weekend begins Daylight Savings Time! That is one of my FAVORITE days of the year, even if we DO lose an hour of sleep...it's totally worth it, because the sun's gonna be out to about 7PM, and we can now try to squeeze nine holes in after work!!!
Speaking of which, I'm heading down to San Diego next week for Microsoft's 2007 Convergence meeting, and one of our vendors is having a golf outing on Coronado Island on Sunday morning...tee-off time is 10AM, and I'm going to have to leave the TartanGolfGrips.com headquarters at about 0600 to make it down there in time, but at least I'll get the front nine in before I have to head off to training sessions at 1PM...
The Liquidambar tree outside of my "day job" is starting to have its buds emerge, and the cherry trees in the center median along Lindero Canyon Road are also starting to bloom...
Spring is definitely springing....FINALLY!!!
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