Spring. What was spring like where and when you grew up? Describe not only the climate, but how the season influenced your activities, food choices, etc.
When I think of spring....................I think of daffodils, lilacs, lilies of the valley, little league, birthdays and Easter.
Easter meant chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, Sunday church with a new spring dress and Easter brunch with the family. On Easter Sunday the Haskins family would go to Cinelli's in Sodus for brunch. It was one of my favorite family outings. We would all get dressed up and go our for a fancy meal. Grandpa would order us Shirley Temples. I also remember getting pumpkin ice cream pie for dessert. There was one year that it was especially muddy and our big Green Ford LTD got VERY stuck in the mud. It took the whole kitchen staff to get the car out. There was mud everywhere!!!
One of my favorite things to do when spring arrived while I was growing up was to go look for the daffodils that were up and over the back hill behind my grandparents house. I still like to do this but it is harder to find them now, the brush has grown up making it more difficult. After the snow melted and things started turning green during the weeks between April and May you'd wait for a warm weekend day to take a hike up over the hill. It was still a little muddy but it was always fun to try to locate the exact spot of the patch of daffodils. They are located down in a gully back in the thatch. It was always such a joy when you spotted them. You'd pick a small bunch to bring back with you; still one of my favorite sights of spring time.
I live very close to Rochester, NY. So spring also means lilacs and the Lilac Festival. It is by far my most favorite festival. I love just getting to walk around Highland Park and smell the fragrance of massive amounts of lilac bushes. In recent years this has become how I like to spend Mother's Day, however this year the festival doesn't start until the week after Mother's Day.
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