It was spring yesterday

This morning, snow was falling and the temperature fell well below zero degrees Celsius. It feels like winter has come again. Add a constant background information about the coronavirus and there is a complete sense of the end of the world according to the script of some disaster film.

But nothing yesterday foreshadowed such a disaster.

The sun was shining, it was warm and pleasant to be on the street. We got into the car and went into the countryside. 15 minutes drive from the city center I have one nice place. The steep bank of the Volga River is all covered with large pine trees. Here is the forest and at the same time the blue distance of the river is clearly visible.

This place is very beautiful and I come here from time to time. And in the winter and in the summer and as now, in the spring.

This time we were pleased with the complete calm. The water in the river was like a mirror. Nothing disturbed the expanse of the river. Somewhere in the top of the pines a woodpecker pounded. Looking closer, focusing on hearing, I saw the very pritsa. I did not take pictures of her, since she was very high for my optics.

But everything around was very nice. The smell of spring, the warmth of the sun and a sense of hope. Walking through this forest, I completely forgot about the worries of the day. No virus bothered me.

I wanted to take a fishing rod and sit on the riverbank, looking at the float.

And in the morning everything around was covered with snow. As if there was no yesterday's spring day.