First long hike of the year

I don't know exactly what it is- the feeling that spring is around the corner, the longer days, the colorful flowers starting to bloom. There's something about February that just makes me want to get outside.
Today Sissy, Stinky and I took a 4 hour hike out to the tip of Punta Mesco and back. The weather was overcast but warm-ish (6° c) and it was calm- so calm that I didn't turn on the ipod, I turned off the phone and enjoyed the quiet.

I actively pursued asparagus for a while but then I got distracted by.... I'm not sure what.. but I enjoyed not having a purpose.

I was thinking of slow food then slow travel, etc. and I thought- well what kind of traveler would that make me- a 'still traveler'? I don't think that that would be considered positive.

I envy people that can go to different places each time they leave home for a trip. I always go someplace that I have fallen in love with beforehand. Therefore I travel very few places unless it's to see people.

Today was not a pretty day- just think how beautiful it would have been if the sun had been shining.