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April 5, 2008

Signs of Spring...

To quote a few lines from a favorite song of my kids' childhood.......

"Mud, mud, I love mud.....
I'm absolutely, positively wild about mud!
I can't go around it, I've got to go through it!
Beautiful, wonderful, super-duper mud!"
I don't relish the icy cold much squishing between my toes or anything.... but for sure the sight of mud around NH is a promise of spring & warmer weather to come and flowers!! Guess what else? We have seen several robins and even a sparrow..... another promise of spring!! EVEN THOUGH the last two Fridays we've had snow flying, I actually saw crocuses and snow drops and have pussy willows inside in a vase! (no water in that vase please!) The sap is flowing like crazy and the kids are working hard at keeping the arch fire fed!! I think we have about 14 gallons of maple syrup finished waiting to be bottled with more sap to start after that! The people in frozen NH are seeing the hope of spring for sure!!Yup... so for those of you who are already enjoying WARMER WEATHER, we are beginning to feel it around here too!! I think that we may actually see a balmy 55* or more today!! :)

1 comment:

mad4books said...

My parents were shocked to find out that I went running in shorts yesterday before church...we've been in the 80s for quite a while now, and have even hit NINETY at least once this spring!