The 20th of May

Usually I use a GPS when I am going to my different locations for work, even when I know where I am going.  I do this for a few reasons, but mostly so that if there is some kind of construction or traffic a new route is easily obtained.  The last few weeks back to work I have been using the GPS in my phone rather than the TomTom and the location is one that I hadn't been to very often so I really didn't have it memorized yet.  Last week I didn't use the GPS and drove by the exit.  I had to pull over to set it up.  This week I tried to find the right exit and not use the GPS.  I got off the exit I thought was correct and went on my way.  I kept looking for things that were familiar, a pond, a stream, something.  Although things mostly looked sort of right, I was not sure so I pulled over and tried to get the map program up on my phone.  It wouldn't load.  The sign I went by implied I was heading to the right town (36 miles away) but I wasn't sure if it was the same road I always took.  Maybe this road would lead me to a different part of town?  Eventually I went by a street name I recognized and realized the problem.  Between this week and last the leaves had opened up just enough to make the landscape all just that much different.  Sometimes, seasons change and we don't notice, too busy with our day to day lives.  My happy for today is the small nuances of change as time and seasons pass and the beauty within them.