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Posted 3/11/2012 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
Hey everybody!  Well it's that time of year again...Spring!  It's my favorite...until Summer comes...and well, Fall is nice, and of course Winter has it's merits...Lol!...but I really do love Spring.

I think it has to do with the freshness, the soft colors, the re-birth of old things asleep through the winter, and oh, the flowers and fluffy clouds and rainstorms/rainbows...what's not to love? (imo)

I love the metaphorical starting over theme too.  I have had a tough week, and could use some of that inspiration right about now!

Do you guys have any favorite signs of Spring?  I would love to hear them.:)

One of my favorites are the fruit trees that are blooming right now.  We have a white nectarine that has the most beautiful cotton candy colored blossoms atm!

Looking forward to hearing from everybody.

S.C.

Posted 3/11/2012 12:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hi SC.

Nice post. I like Spring as well especially if it has been a hard winter it is good to know Summer is just round the corner. What do I like about Spring let me think? I like the cherry blossoms flowering that to me is the first sign of Spring, I also like seeing all the colors coming out and the birds in full sing in the morning, It is nice to be able to go out with one less layer on and be able to put hats and gloves in the drawer lol.

Spring also means it is time for me to pack away my ski kit (Boo) and dust of all my windsurfing kit and get ready to hit the waves (really looking forward to that this year). Spring in Scotland is very changeable and one minute the sun can be out but the next the spring rain will be coming down but if you enjoy looking at rainbows expect a little rain.

Sorry to read you have had a tough week SC as always my email is open I hope spring bring happiness to you enjoy all the colors and sounds spring has to offer.

Take Care

Hibee
Posted 3/11/2012 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks B:)

Glad to hear that Spring is lovely for you too...although the skii season is closing...didn't think of that, but glad to hear that you are looking forward to windsurfing...you do this on a lake, yes? Sounds darn near impossible;p...I have good balance and am pretty strong, but IDK...I'm sure my windsurfing attemps would turn into a switch in sports...swimming!

Keep enjoying the change in seasons! I can imagine that, for those of you who actually them, Spring is really a welcome change! Lol!

I will take you up on your offer, and e-mail you soon:)

S.C.
Posted 3/11/2012 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
SC

I have never windsurfed in a lake I always go in the sea more fun. It is probably the hardest sport to get any good at but worth sticking at I spent a lot of time swimming when I started out lol.

B
Posted 3/12/2012 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
Today a looked out my garden window and saw a single daffodil growing among all the dead things from winter. Even though i'm pretty sick right now that definitely cheered me up :)
Posted 3/12/2012 4:02 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, I forgot about the bulbs! Yes, they are great harbingers of Spring...the naricssus and crocus and then the daffodils and grape hyacynth and iris...I need to plant some...but I am so not into it in the fall...and then you have to wait till the next Spring to enjoy them.

I was never good at the whole delayed gratification thing...but I am glad you have some! Enjoy, and hope you are feeling better soon.:)

S.C.
Posted 3/12/2012 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
For me it was this beautiful scent around my home town. I could never pin point it to a single plant but it seemed to be a mix of flowering fruit trees, wattle and early gum tree flowers. I loved to see the masses of bright yellow wattle around town :) Now I live in a sub tropical climate. The seasons just sort of flow into on another. Most plants and trees that grow here are evergreen and it doesn't really get cold enough to kill off flowers and grasses so we don't get that rush of new life after the winter. Spring is the best time here. It's warm with out the terrible humidity you get in summer, not to wet, not to windy it's just right ;)
Sadly being in Australia I'll have to wait another 6 months :(
enjoy the springtime fun :)
Posted 3/12/2012 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Oh sorry! I guess I didn't consider that to our Australian and NZ friends our seasons are all topsy-turvy to each other!

In California, we don't really have an obvious season change either...but I'll take what I can get:)

That is cool that you can still remember the lovely scent of Spring from your hometown! They say that smell is the most strongly connected sense to our memory, glad yours is a pleasant one.:)

S.C.
Posted 3/12/2012 11:20 PM (GMT 0)
Well, it helps to see buds on some of the trees and the daffodils are blooming. It's a promise that being stuck inside so much will soon be over. I love the smell of the air and the sounds of the newly hatched frogs in the evenings too.
It's very soothing. We are moving back to our home state which is on the Long Island Sound so we will actually have beach to walk on again! Now THAT's exciting to me and screams spring/summer like nothing else. Being land locked has not been my favorite thing.

Thanks for reminding me that even though I'm having a really bad time right now there are still many things to look forward to and enjoy. Each day at least one little thing to think differently helps.
Posted 3/13/2012 4:18 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a great place for you to be IWBB! I also live within half-hour of the coast...I have never lived anywhere else, so I understand not wanting to be landlocked. Although, I find there is beauty everywhere... I do so love our Coastal Mountain Ranges!

Yes, enjoying something as simple as a budding tree, or fragarant blossoms in the air is enough to give us a lift during tough times!:)

Taking time to enoy them is healing.:)

S.C.
Posted 3/13/2012 10:59 AM (GMT 0)
I also live near a beach, although the sand is grey instead of yellow, so it seems a little more gloomy. I still love seattle though :) This gave me the idea to go to the beach soon. Maybe it will help pull me out of my current partial breakdown.. now is definitely not the best I've ever been, but I'm trying to stay positive. Some sun would help but it actually snowed tonight. The weather here is so difficult to predict!
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