One of the things I really like about our new “old” digs are the almonds. We live in a community surrounded by almond trees. There’s even an almond festival and an almond parade and all things almond. Do you have a bottle of almond extract in your pantry? Go get it, open the bottle and take a big whiff. Do you smell that sweetness of the almonds? That’s what it is like to step outside in the spring, when the trees are in bloom.