BS: You know that it's Spring when...

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Alba
Date: 23 Mar 06 - 03:54 PM

Well I know it's Spring in these parts when I am up to my ankles in mud....spring has not quite sprung here yet as the mud remains in frozen suspension...:)

Ah Bluebells my favorites Liz
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: MMario
Date: 23 Mar 06 - 03:59 PM

ha! found a half-frozen dandelion struggling to bloom today when I went outside on break. snuggled up to a south-facing wall.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Azizi
Date: 23 Mar 06 - 04:28 PM

GUEST,23 Mar 06 - 12:11 PM

I know nothing about the connection between the March 29th eclipse and slavery and 1999 or any other year. Quarcoo wrote something about this in his 22 Mar 06 - 05:54 AM post.

My tenuous connection with any of this is that I wrote a post asking him to share information about what he had written.

Quarcoo answered my query in his own fashion. However, I'm not sure that I understand his response.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Azizi
Date: 23 Mar 06 - 04:39 PM

More Thread Drift {but of possible interest to others here}

open mike, when I aearched online for some information about Solomon Linda's Mbube {The Lion Sleeps Tonight}, I found this informational tidbit:

"[Miriam Makeba's]The Click Song" (#1) had it's origin in the Xhosa language as "Gqongqotwane": Gqongqotwane is the dung-gathering beetle-- the miser of the insect world, known to the Xhosas as the Road Wizard. (Quoted from an early mid-60's LP by the Manhattan Brothers, issued in the US on Joy Records [#5004]). This is why "The Click Song" was also known in English as "The African Beetle Song".

Behind The Hits: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Scoville
Date: 23 Mar 06 - 04:48 PM

1. Everything is suddenly covered in bright-green pine pollen.

2. It's February 17 but it's 80 degrees and the ice-cream trucks are out in force.

3. You have friends coming from out of state and, when they ask you what the weather's like, you tell them it will be somewhere between 30 and 90, could be dry, could be downpours, could be windy, could be humid . . . and, by the way, welcome to southeast Texas.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Kweku
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 03:56 AM

open mike,


in 1999 there was news to the fact that a stone is coming from somewhere in outer space to crash on Africa,that came form renowned and respected international scientists(and I think it came form NASA).thank God that didnot happen, and if you will recall many religious bodies said because we are entering the year 2000, lots of significant things will be happening to the planet.

well mike, I have undertaken a lot of research on times and seasons ,and its implications for the future. my conclusions on the eclipse is based soley on my observations as well those of some friends of mine and as an opinion,I expect you to take it with a pinch of salt.

I don't know if you are ok with this explanation,but to avoid a thread drift,send me a personal message and lets see what we can do.

BTW,enjoy the spring.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: GUEST,DB
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 06:20 AM

The British newspaper, 'The Guardian' used to have a cartoonist called Posy Simmons (perhaps it still does - I haven't read it for years - too many supplements!). One of her cartoons sticks in my mind because there was a frame captioned, "Spring has sprung and Luzula campestris flourishes her chesnut blossoms". This caption made me laugh out loud for its breathtaking obscurity! Luzula campestris (or Field Woodrush) is an insignificant grass-like plant with hairy leaves and tiny chesnut-coloured flowers which you need a magnifying glass to appreciate. Nevertheless, it does flower early and can be considered a sign of Spring.
At the time when Posy's cartoon appeared (mid 80s, I think) L. campestris was very common - albeit overlooked by about 95% of the population. Last year I set out to photograph it and struggled to find any - is this the way the world ends with lots of tiny, insignificant things shuffling off the stage unnoticed?

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: kendall
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 08:04 AM

We also have Robins, and it's not uncommon to see half a dozen or more on the same lawn looking for earthworms.

But, the Cardinals; we have one male that is always attacking the mirror on my car. What a bird brain.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 08:51 AM

It's officially spring when I spot my first snowy egret of the season. But sap buckets and bare knees on joggers also count. And (spotted yesterday!) the first yard sale signs.

Linn

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From: Metchosin
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 10:38 AM

some of the chopped green bits in your tuna sandwich move of their own accord. I discovered that my big pot of chives on the deck is already infested with aphids.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: GUEST,dianavan
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 01:47 PM

When it rains pink cherry blossoms...

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Metchosin
Date: 24 Mar 06 - 02:01 PM

so true.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Purple Foxx
Date: 25 Mar 06 - 05:30 AM

Both my cats were extremely keen to go out first thing this morning.
This after 3 or 4 months of being equally keen not to.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Mar 06 - 05:34 AM

The local fox population has become more vocal... had a dog fox roaming the streets the other week, barking the fox equivalent of 'here I am, I'm gorgeous, come and get me, you know you want to'.... sounds just like someone being murdered.

I know it's spring when I don't get laughed at for wearing sandals.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: GUEST,Andy
Date: 25 Mar 06 - 06:22 AM

Round these parts, we know its spring when the pregnant 14 year olds start wearing crop tops!

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Purple Foxx
Date: 26 Mar 06 - 03:14 AM

British Summer Time (GMT +1)begins today.
When do clocks go forward in North America?

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From: Azizi
Date: 26 Mar 06 - 04:23 AM

Hello Purple Foxx, the Spring period of Daylight Saving Times starts on April 2, 2006 here and the only way I can remember what to do about the clocks is

Spring forward
Fall back.

So I guess that means we'll be losing an hour next week or does that mean that we gained an hour sometimes in the fall and now we're going back to the time it's supposed to be?

Oh, I'm so confused...

But at least the time on these Mudcat threads is right as far as I'm concerned.

;o)


Have a good day!

[I'm only up because I'm on call..the crisis is over-relatively. I'm back to bed]

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Alice
Date: 26 Mar 06 - 10:02 AM

It is spring here in Montana mountains when the snow (like it did last nigh) comes down in a wetter, thicker, heavier blanket that coats every branch and twig, breaking the trees and sending boughs onto the street. The tips of some bulbs against the south foundation concrete wall are now buried under a wet blanket of snow. This will go on until about June, with melt, growth, snow, and a cycle of more breaking branches as budding tree leaves carry a heavier blanket of snow.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Mar 06 - 01:30 PM

.........The queues at adventure parks get longer!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Kweku
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 05:16 AM

how do you think it will feel like, to live in a land where there is no spring;honestly?

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Trevor
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 07:04 AM

I'VE SEEN IT!! THE FIRST DEAD HEDGEHOG OF SPRING!!.

And I heard a curlew in the field behind Squilver yesterday. And all those little bits and pieces that have been hiding underground waiting for a drop of warmish rain are poking their heads out.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: frogprince
Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:41 PM

You know it's spring in this part of Michigan when you see the first robin that didn't come back too early and freeze to death on your lawn.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Jun 17 - 03:15 PM

I know it's Late Spring when:

the manager has turned off the central heat in my apartment building

AND

I need my heavy winter quilt
to get through a night in bed
without getting thoroughly chilled.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 02 Jun 17 - 03:20 PM

"I know it's Late Spring when: "
The ****** cuckoos wake you up at sparrows-fart and are still at it when you stagger off to bed
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Charmion
Date: 03 Jun 17 - 10:08 AM

... it looks like barbecue season, but it's so chilly you worry that the chicken will be stone cold by the time you get it off the grill and in the door.

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Jun 17 - 08:04 PM

. . . the gypsy moth caterpillars are everywhere, including on me (yuck), and destroying trees by chomping on the leaves

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Jun 17 - 08:14 PM

Could be wood pigeons, Jim. They sound somewhat cuckoo-ish from a certain angle. But they basically say "my TOE'S sore, Betty." Not that I'm impugning your birdwatching skills, you understand......

Subject: RE: BS: You know that it's Spring when...
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Jun 17 - 12:14 PM

....when, as the driver of a car,
you have to keep a lookout for bicycles   
rather than snowplows.