When we can get away for lunch during the week we go to a local park.  We'll eat and read and watch the joggers. 

We discovered some trees in bloom a few weeks ago due to the early warm weather.  The tags on these trees said they are mexican plums.  A week ago the blooms were gone and we are seeing small fruit. Visiting the park is like a brief picnic in our lives.   It's hard to explain but it's like going to a calming spot in the middle of a freaking "f'd" up day.  We work on taking a deep breath and just calming ourselves before we have to go back for 4 more hours.  Look at that gorgeous tree.  No leaves, just a trunk, limbs, and flowers.  Awesome.  

This is one of the few shaded parking spots.  It's a fairly new park so I guess we have to wait for the trees and shrubs to do their thing.  In the mean time I don't know what we will do when summer hits.  We are southern Texas.  By the end of May you don't want to hang out at a park unless you are in a bikini with a couple of ice chests of beer/wine and a portable ac blowing directly on you.  People may think you are crazy but you don't go camping or anything outside in Texas summers without a fan, a/c unit, and a generator.  That's how we Texans roll.