It's always nice seeing those colorful primroses outside the grocery stores in early February. At Thriftway (people call it Expensiveway) they had fancy primrose towers for sale.
All the big storms are hitting south in California, and it was a beautiful springlike weekend in Seattle. As far as snow goes, the winter has been a real dud. There is already concern about the lack of mountain snow pack, our main source of water. So far February looks mild and dry.
We went to the Symphony on Sunday, and the highlight was Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, The Emperor.
Sometimes my mind wanders as I sit there in the 4th row. I thought about the Lewis and Clark expedition, which happened about the same Beethoven time wrote this masterpiece in 1809. Living in Vienna, perhaps he heard about that vast wilderness, but not in his wildest dreams could have imagined our beautiful concert hall filled with a rapt audience listening to his music.
It looks like a quiet and ordinary week coming up. Nothing wrong with that.
It looks really pretty. Lovely to learn a bit more about the flowers around us. It's good that you are giving delightful information along with the beautiful pictures!
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