I feel the same way, MEG. Today, I saw a very tall tree 3+ blocks down from here that blooms with magnificent pale mauve-pink blossoms just starting up again. And, I said to myself, this is my wealth to be able to see this, the fact it exists and my joy in seeing it. I took pics last year; they don't do it justice, but here goes:
(I hope I haven't done a bad bandwidth thing...)