Closing in on 90 degrees mid afternoon on this 7th day of the 2020 version of April.
And, I saw today, whilst rolling my bike's wheels around town, that we do not have to wait for April showers to bring May flowers.
I saw big tulips blooming today, along with my favorite Texas wildflower, the Evening Primrose, pink version.
I do not see many tulips coloring the Texas landscape, nothing like what colors up the Skagit Flats of my old home zone in Washington. But, these tulips today where doing quite well in this inhospitable climate. Huge blooms.
I did no photo documenting of the huge tulips because they were blooming on private property. People can get all worried if they see you taking photos of something on their property, even if you are doing the picture taking from the public street. Best not to risk antagonizing anyone during these troubling times.
Speaking of which. This morning I joined the throngs descending on Walmart soon upon opening.
There are now crowd control barriers like what one experiences waiting to get on what used to be known as an E Ticket ride at Disneyland.
I arrived a half hour after the actual early morning opening, so I did not get the full experience. It was described to me by the guy whose job, it now is, to hold a touch tablet people counting device to track the number entering and leaving the store. He told me the line waiting for the store to open went past the barrier, which extended for at least a couple hundred feet.
I assume the long control line was taking into account the 6 feet distancing rule.
So, I managed to get most of what I was looking for, including two sanitizing products.
And then around noon, with the outer world beginning to get HOT, I went on that aforementioned bike ride where I saw the wildflowers, and that statue you see at the top, which hovers over the MSU ghost university.
The big statue is called Sun Watcher.
Today, unlike yesterday, the Sun Watcher has some actual sun to watch...
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