Saturday, February 21, 2009
We from today, my friend, will date the opening of the year
Posted in Musings
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Ever since I heard the aboveline, which if I remember rightly was addressed by William Wordsworth to his sister Dorothy (but I may have forgotten, it was a along time ago!) I have thought of it at about this time of year. As I mentioned a week ago, the weather was due to change last Sunday, and thankfully the forecast was right. It's been getting warmer day by day. Not only have snowdrops come out, but crocuses too (mental note to self - stock up on some new ones at the end of summer: these are looking very weedy now!) Today I spent some time tidying the garden, though there's still a lot to do, but the fantastic thing is, I didn't need a jacket! The sun was shining, birds singing and so forth. I fed a lot of weeds to the rabbits (who only a couple of days ago were lucky to get dried up twiggy bits in addition to their normal food) and got nice and muddy in the process. I found the remains of quite a few clothes pegs beginning to turn into compost, retreived a few tennis balls which probably aren't good for much any more and got a line full of sheets nearly dry. Oh, I love the spring. Shame we don't have all those funky smilies that were around on this site a couple of years ago, I could do with one right now. All in all it's been a positive, energetic day, which is strange because N had to spend the morning in work after the premises were broken into, H was mithering about not being able to afford both the expensive toys he wants and I wasted time on Facebook playing with go-nowhere applications. Wasting time - that would take a whole entry of its own. At least I have something to show for the day. |
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