Spring has sprung, the grass has riz

I wonder where the boidies is!

Well, it's officially spring, the time when a young retiree's fancy turns to ...... field trips!!!! 

It's that time!   Time to start plotting and scheming just how you plan to spend all of those summer, weekday afternoons that are soon going to stretch out before you!

First of all, as part of your overall master plan to overthrow your current social order, you're subscribing to, like, every e-newsletter you can find (aren't you?) 

All of the sports and athletic groups in your hometown.  The library, the community centre, city hall and the historical society.

The conservation authority, local tourism board, festivals, fan clubs and service clubs.

The birds watchers, the star gazers, the stamp collectors and the classic car enthusiasts.

Museums and art galleries and the local arts council.

Second of all .... you're stopping at every brochure rack you pass to paw through all the brochures and flyers looking for information on anything, everything, that catches your fancy. 

And the bulletin board at the library, community centre, grocery store and coffee shop.  Sometimes you find information for the darnedest events posted there!

And if you're lucky enough to live in a town that still publishes a local newspaper, you're scanning the events calendar every week, aren't you?

If not, why not? 

I know spring has only just gotten here.  But blink one too many times, and summer will be upon you before you know it. 

And if you haven't already started to fill in all those little boxes on the calendar you bought at the boxing day sales (you did buy a calendar at the boxing day sales, didn't you?), you're going to end up missing all the fun.

Again.

... the "Quilt and Fibre Festival" and "Blooms Festival" in May, for instance.

"Muskoka Chair Outdoor Art Exhibit" and the "King and Queens of Country" come June.

In July - the "57th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition" and the "World Heritage Sunset Ceremony"

And there's the "Teddy Bear Tea" and "Steampunk Festival" in August.

(And Tourism Ontario hasn't even published their 2018 guide yet .... so just image the fun and folly you could be missing!)*

So, hurry up!  Start making reservations, purchasing tickets, downloading google maps, and updating travel documents.

Service the car and pre-pack the truck with all of the picnic and field trip accouterments you own. 

Everything you'll need so you can pick up and leave the house at a moment's notice!

I'll meet you there!



*note to self - bookmark the "Tourism Ontario" web site and pick up a copy of "Festivals and Events Ontario - 2018"