Sunny and warmer

Two colors of rhododendrons

I took this snapshot of a beautiful sunny morning on our walk last Saturday. Every bush is sprouting flowers these days. Rhododendrons are the Washington state flower; I've seen wild ones in the forests and cultivated ones everywhere else.

It's a little after noon on yet another fine sunny day. I just finished my yoga class and have two hours between when it finished and my acupuncture appointment, just a block away. So it made sense to come up to my favorite restaurant above the bookstore and have a bowl of soup while I write my regular Tuesday post. I ordered a curry-lentil bowl, which I've never tasted before, but I guarantee I will definitely order it again. My mouth is a bit tingly from the curry, not in a bad way at all.

We have about a week of above-normal temperatures, with full sun and climbing from the mid-sixties all the way up to around 80°F by the weekend. That's a bit on the warm side for me, but I'll muddle through. By Sunday it should begin to return to normal temperatures again. This is a very lovely time of year in the Pacific Northwest. Some of my blogging friends in the southern states enjoy (or at least I hope they do) much warmer temperature than we ever get around here.

Now that I'm letting my nice lunch settle, the wrestling with whether or not to have a scoop of ice cream to finish things off is busy going on inside my head. My favorite might not be there today, and if that happens, I'll skip it. Otherwise...
:-)