OT-last day of winter!!!

Mastersound · Post by **Mastersound** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 9:27 am

Weird. Our seasons must be different to those in the northern hemisphere. We have summer Dec 1, autumn March 1, winter June 1, and spring September 1.

rjschum · Post by **rjschum** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:26 am

Spring...yes we've been having that here in Florida for a few weeks now!

LittleMy · Post by **LittleMy** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 12:21 pm

I really miss that "spring smell." March in El Paso means dust storms. I miss lilacs, too.

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 1:24 pm

I was just thinking on my way home for lunch under bright blue 55 degree skies that I was glad I moved away from San Diego where it's so flippin' nice all the time you really get sick of it. Thank goodness for seasons - Makes you so GLAD for spring!
Susan

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 1:31 pm

It was a lover andhis lass,
With a hey and a ho
and a hey nonny no.
That oer the sweet green fields
did pass
In springtime, in springtime
The only perfect ring time
When birds do sing.

Sing ring a ding a ding
Sing ring a ding a ding
Sing ring a ding a ding
True lovers love the spring.

Bill Shakespeare and Frank Sinatra.
(i probably made some mistakes,
and am happy to be corrected)

Hamlet in April

I would not praise your legs as fine
Had I not something more in mind,
For it is spring!
The virtue sought
has melted off with winter's melt.
My thought has drained as down
an iron tub
And nothing is as it would seem.

To sleep, perchance to rub,
Ah, there's the dream!

me 1960 apologies for lewdness but
that's spring.

hillfolk22 · Post by **hillfolk22** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 2:35 pm

Does any one of you folks still do the spring cleaning thing?

I am not talking your standard cleaning I mean the deep down stuff.

The turning the house inside out stuff.
The torching and flaming and gutting out the house stuff... ok I am getting a little extreme here.

I love spring... but I certainly dread the chore.

Yes, I am still thrilled about the change of season. But there's something nice about winter, it meant more whistle playing time for me.

I am looking forward to the spring flowers. The trees all in bloom! The allergies...ah who cares! (Allergies are not gonna get me down!) And back to teaching the out-door education! Yahoo!

Laura

Sara · Post by **Sara** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 2:50 pm

Yay! It's spring - it was cloudy and rainy here earlier and now it's sun shiny and blue skies!!!!! It's awesome - I love spring!

Peace and creativity,
Sara

chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 3:55 pm

I don't care about the start of spring per se. Meteorological spring (March1-June1) is my favorite time of year, though; it's the days getting longer. During winter, I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. Blech. If there's one day of the year that stands out for me, it's the beginning of daylight savings time. An extra hour of daylight after work when it counts.

Charlie

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 4:31 pm

This is a very hemisphere-centric thread. For our friends in the southern hemisphere, notably Australia and New Zealand, autumn is just starting. (They don't call it fall, and anyway gum trees are not deciduous.)

Speaking of hemispheres, something strange has been happening to this word. Americans (or at least American politicians) have started to use it to mean North and South America, and even to talk about the "western hemisphere" to mean the same part of the globe.

I just cannot understand this. If you want to cut the globe into two, the equator is an obvious place, giving two equal hemispheres. But where on earth (ho ho) do you make the cut into east and west?

Is this not a regrettable distortion of the sense of this venerable word? Or am I missing something?

This enquiring mind wants to know...

[Edited to add the "politicians" qualifier.]

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Arcaic Lemons · Post by **Arcaic Lemons** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 3:41 am

On 2002-03-20 10:26, aderyn_cyrdd wrote:
Kari (and others with rain, cold, and snow), I'll be sending warm thoughts your way as I enjoy the first day of spring here in Atlanta-- we have a gorgeous blue-skied day with an expected high of 75.

Slainte,
Andrea ~*~

___________

Gee, I'm just a WEE bit jealous!

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 3:49 am

Kari, if it makes you feel any better, the temp dropped a bit, the skies clouded over and dumped rain on us in the afternoon. LOL Now tomorrow our high is only supposed to be around 45. ::sigh::

Andrea ~*~

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 4:35 am

Well it's been so hot here today in Killarney, Co Kerry, that I actually had to unzip my Fleece!

Yaay! I'm on Holiday!

atarango · Post by **atarango** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 4:59 am

well yesterday in the wonderful city of Boston we had snow- and then rain- and then yacky mush on the ground....

my Dad called me up and crowed about the beautiful 75 degree day in Los Angeles-

I want spring! I want to actually be able to wear a real spring dress rather then my heavy woolen dress for easter mass this year..
-Angela

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 6:19 am

Rights of spring:

Sittin' at the picnic table,
playing aft' the sunset,
on my Big O,

Glancing up,
neighbor's patio door,
opens wider.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 6:30 am

Neat, Lee.