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Post by bazfaz on Mar 10, 2009 8:06:42 GMT
Spring has sprung. From my desk I can see two plum trees blossoming in the garden. Our neighbour - a builder - is taking the day off and is probably digging his vegetable garden. This is a sure sign of spring.
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Post by gyro on Mar 10, 2009 8:09:43 GMT
Vous makez moi sick.
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Post by rikita on Mar 10, 2009 21:27:37 GMT
here the weather is very april-like already. quick changes of sunshine and rain, and today it was also hailing - just to be sunny again a few minutes later.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2009 21:33:02 GMT
We are having definite March weather. Unstable and often unpleasant.
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Post by gyro on Mar 10, 2009 22:16:53 GMT
Like The French.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2009 22:41:18 GMT
Still snowing here. March has come in like a lion.
I look forward to cuddling up to the lamb in a few weeks.
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 11, 2009 1:57:24 GMT
What other nice feelings like this do you appreciate ?
I'm thinking about it. But there's nothing quite like it I fear...
I haven't got into it yet, will have to wait until May/June, when the rains come. There's a palpable feeling of happiness in the air then. Right now it's just getting hotter and hotter every day.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 11, 2009 9:24:31 GMT
I saw the first broad bean flower in our vegetable patch yesterday - definite sign of spring.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 10:23:31 GMT
All of the branches are still bare here. I keep looking for sprouts.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 11, 2009 10:50:55 GMT
The mimosas are just coming into flower - about three weeks late.
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Post by gyro on Mar 11, 2009 10:52:46 GMT
Sprouts don't grow on trees, K. Jesus ..... !
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Post by bjd on Mar 11, 2009 12:17:57 GMT
The mimosas around here (southwest France) all suddenly bloomed last week. All the little wild plum type trees are starting too.
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Post by rikita on Mar 11, 2009 21:12:14 GMT
the weather today was nice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2009 10:59:29 GMT
Last evening heard the Red Eyed Vireo call. He passes through every spring,very elusive,I,ve never seen,my husband has once. Also known as the "Preacher Bird" because of his distinctive call. Voracious insectivores. Sure sign of spring.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 13, 2009 21:52:34 GMT
This is a wonderful site to listen to bird songs. They're all North American birds, but some people will enjoy hearing how birds they've read about sound. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 11:30:34 GMT
The first of the southern tree frog made an appearance yesterday,they'll be cranking up soon. By May it will be prom night in the pond. Must record it this year.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 16, 2009 19:24:57 GMT
Two tom turkeys were gobbling, strutting and displaying for 11 hens in our yard.
What ridiculous looking birds!
And it's snowing AGAIN!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 19:26:29 GMT
If the turkeys have decided that it is spring, there is nothing that the world can do about it.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 16, 2009 19:30:17 GMT
That may be true for Parisian turkeys, Kerouac, but we could still get 2 feet of snow here. Last year it snowed in June!
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Post by gyro on Mar 16, 2009 19:31:57 GMT
That's nothing! Once, a couple of years ago here in England, we saw the sun in June !
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 17, 2009 14:09:03 GMT
Lovely spring weather, about 13°C, beautiful.
It's gonna snow again on friday.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 17, 2009 18:03:48 GMT
4 inches of fluff this morning (the ski bums call it pow-pow). Slow traffic into town. Getting antsy for spring. So are the robins who arrived weeks ago and are probably not happy with our continued winter weather.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 19:40:57 GMT
The electronic board in front of my apartment actually said 20° in mid afternoon (although I don't think the official temperature got higher than 16° which is already pretty damned good at this time of year).
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Post by bjd on Mar 18, 2009 15:14:17 GMT
Today, Wednesday, it's a beautiful sunny day, 22°. I have just been gardening and the first flowers are out on the cherry trees.
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Post by rikita on Mar 18, 2009 19:59:19 GMT
today was really nice. i rode the bike to work.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 18, 2009 22:31:36 GMT
It was warm in London. I didn't have to wear a coat.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 18, 2009 22:36:57 GMT
I had a wonderful 2 hour stroll through the Chilterns countryside, watched a woodpecker going about his business for maybe 20 mins. Wonderful.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 18, 2009 22:39:25 GMT
Yes Iain....I love to watch birds. I rarely see a woodpecker these days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 11:50:53 GMT
The vernal equinox occurs today at 7:44 EDT
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 20, 2009 13:03:27 GMT
Gorgeous day outside but still a day to spend inside. There's a nasty cold wind blowing that goes through everything.
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