Great Spring Dates
Even if you don’t love Bambi, you’ve got to love springtime—aside from the allergies, there’s new growth, warmth, flowers, and birds returning home from a season of migration. All of the critters are out bouncing around, the air is fragrant with the natural perfume of newly blossomed buds, and the non-offensive touch of pastel is everywhere. Okay, so some of this can be a bit annoying, but otherwise it’s definitely a time for love.
So why not celebrate the season with some seasonally-appropriate dates? Here are just a few that might make your heart go aflutter—like the spring butterflies!—this month and next.
Grab or make a kite and go flying. You can get a kite for as cheaply as a dollar just about anywhere you go, or you can make one at home out of whatever you have lying around. Why not splurge on a new, complex kite—the kind your mom always said no to when you were a kid—and impress your date with that? A dragon or another creature would look amazing in the spring breeze.
Have a picnic. Pack up some yummy homemade sandwiches with jam, salad, or whatever you like, a round of cheese with crackers, a bit of fruit and something sparkly to drink (whether its alcoholic or not is up to you) and head over to the park or the prettiest place you can think of for a private meal for two. Of course, you can always cater the meal—or even buy fast food and pack it if you want to (I remember a particularly romantic picnic that featured Kentucky Fried Chicken, but I’m from the Midwest so I would!).
Take a stroll through the woods. Check out all of the spring growth, the animal tracks, and all of nature’s bounty—just be sure to do so on a day when the weather is nice, not after a giant rainstorm that will make you slip and slide in the mud. Or you could go just for the mud and bring some giant galoshes to play in! I wouldn’t do this on a first date, of course, unless you want to get chopped up and left somewhere. I’m kidding! It never hurts to be cautious, though.
Go bird watching. Take a book from the library and identify all of the species you can, then get a pair of binoculars—borrow them if possible—and see which ones live near you.