A scene Sunday afternoon in Faribault. The building in the background is the historic home of our town founder, Alexander Faribault.
EASTER WEEKEND BROUGHT sunshine and warmth. Temps pushing near or past 80 degrees. Lovely weather after an especially long Minnesota winter of too much cold and snow.
Ducks enjoyed the day too along the banks of the Cannon River in North Alexander Park.
After the daughter and her husband left for their Wisconsin home on Sunday afternoon and Randy and I completed clean-up tasks and I hung laundered linens on the clothesline, we drove across town to walk along recreational trails. We needed to stretch our legs, to work off some calories, to delight in the stunning spring day.
With the exception of grass brightening to green, the landscape appears mostly still drab. Yet, the feel, the look, the presence of spring exists.
A Canada goose sits atop a mound in the middle of the river near Two Rivers Park.
Nesting waterfowl.
Biking along a trail in North Alexander Park, Faribault.
People biking and walking and shooting hoops.
Playing basketball in North Alexander Park.
We’ve emerged from our homes to embrace the season—to breathe in the warm air, to feel sunshine upon our backs, to take in a landscape transforming daily.
A patch of snow next to the Faribault Foods building.
But, when I looked closely, I noted remnants of winter—a snow pile in the shadow of a building.
Sandbags protect a portion of the Faribault Foods building along Second Avenue.
And I noticed, too, the worry of spring flooding in sandbags circling a section of that same building, protecting it from the nearby swollen river. Just last week Faribault was in a flood warning following torrential rains.
Ducks in the Cannon River as seen from the recreational trail in North Alexander Park.
For now the sun shines spring into April days here in southern Minnesota. A welcome change from winter.
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