spring?

narcissus., originally uploaded by krisde.

You know it’s spring in Minsk when…

The lighting outside at 8pm is like what it was at 3pm in January

You’ve seen more sun in the past week then you have since the new year

You no longer need a winter coat and boots, and actually find yourself occasionally too hot wearing your autumn coat

You see the old ladies on street corners with buckets full of daffodils for sale

You have the once again unpleasant experience of being on buses and the metro and remembering (as in, via your nose) that most people in this country don’t use deodorant

Your roommate starts bicycling on the weekends

You see more baby strollers and dogs on leashes on an average day than you have the entire year

In one day you kill two spiders and two wasps, more insects than you usually would see in a week or even a month’s time

You look out your kitchen window and the predominant color is no longer gray, but more of a gray-green thanks to the vegetation and blooming trees

Everyone and their mom seems to be going to McDonalds to get ice cream, so much so that their ice cream machine inevitably breaks. Besides that, restaurants start setting up tables outside