coats ‘n kids go separate ways
as they hope for spring
on these sunny days.
—
“it’s spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you’ve got it,
you want -oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
-mark twain
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I was definitely feeling some spring fever this past week–and it seemed the wildlife around here was, too. 🙂 If anyone else is interested, the quotation comes from Tom Sawyer, Detective.
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me too! and thanks for the quote info, I love knowing the origin of them
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You’re welcome, Beth. I was curious, too, so I looked it up. I didn’t even know he had written sequels. 🙂
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there is always so much to learn in the world if we look
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Happy Spring days!! 🌼🌸
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and to you!
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Aww, I hope they had a lovely spring day 💕🌷
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indeed – a bonus, not quite spring but sure felt like it
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Soon it’ll be spring.
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so close-
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Indeed, just around the corner 🌷
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I sure want something. Just can’t quite put my finger on what it is.
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you’ll find it
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I’m ready
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me too!
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Thanks Beth
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It was always a good day to shed the coat at recess, Beth. It was an always a bad day to get home from school and hear your mom say, where’s your coat?
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it is a spring rite of passage, actually both parts of your answer are)
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Oh the squeals of delight when permission came to shed those heavy coats and run free in that glorious sunshine…………Still dancing in my head!!
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yes, yes, you know firsthand! nothing quite like it
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Above is from Janine
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thank you, and sorry about the word press quirks
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Love it…aligns perfectly with shorts and sweatshirt weather! No socks! 😜
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you bet? and I have my Birkenstock sandals on, so happy and free
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😎😘😎
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After a foot of snow in Denver this week, spring seems a pipe dream amid the slush, but I see that at least one daffodil survived, so there’s hope…
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I saw pics of it, and wow, but yes, always hope
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Love this and I’m betting you do as well, not having to help all those littles pile on extra layers for recess. I like this one to…No winter lasts forever, No spring loses its turn! :) Chris
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yes, yes!
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I just wish those coats and jackets would make their way back home. At least I have plenty of retro ones of my own that my 12 year old granddaughter will wear when she loses hers.
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I cannot tell you how many jackets and everything imaginable is in our lost and found, 99% from the big kids, and it always amazes me that kids really forget that they own a coat or boots in the dead of winter. low on the priority list I suppose. I wish I was their size, I would be so stylish, and warm.
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We retrieved quite a few jackets from elementary schools. With our youngest grandchild, my wife conceded and started buying spares at Goodwill every time she went there with donations.
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brilliant move
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I love spring. It’s the days with fluctuating temperatures before spring that drive me crazy
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yes, Mother Nature is such a tease
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So true. A lot of people want to tear their houses apart and redo everything, clean everything, start planting too early. LOL Spring fever really makes people want to bloom. I love it.
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I think so too, and start fresh, new beginnings, unlimited possibilities
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This is great, Beth 🌞
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thank you so much –
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Felt like spring had sprung two days ago… for the week to come? Not so much!!
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it is all over the place here too, but I’ll take every random day of warmth and sun as it comes and celebrate it
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Absolutely! (Best to, anyway as we’ve only control on our own reaction to it.
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Beth, you so vividly brought to mind those first warm sunny days of long ago. Big hugs.
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they are so wonderful, and my pleasure
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I just spent the evening with some kids on a playground and can attest this might be the most accurate post ever! :)
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it happens at all ages in all places a universal joy
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I want it
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yes!
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love that picture and the 3 line caption —
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really says it all –
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Same thing at school, coats on to go outside, then off ten minutes later. Mark Twain said it well!
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it never changes, does it?
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Never. 😀
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Love this Beth and seeing the kids with their coats off really gives you spring fever. All that fresh air and being able to get them outside to play is wonderful.
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so exciting for all of us!
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Good to see the weather getting warmer.
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it’s tiptoeing in
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It hit 70 here at the beach. My coast never got off the rack today. Yay!
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yes!
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We have a wise saying here in England.
“Ne’er cast a clout, ’til May be out!” (Translation, don’t go out without a coat until the end of May)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Come on Spring, stop hiding, I know you’re there!
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exactly!
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At this time of year…the coat is on…the coat is off…and back on again!
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every 1/2 hour at times )
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What a great description of spring fever.
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Awe spring fever! I love it!
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Yes!
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