what a beautiful welcome
the magnolia trees gave me
their path of petals
leading me back
into my quiet town
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“you are welcome as the flowers in may.”
-charles macklin
May4
Category Archives: spring
May1
today is may.
may day
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“when april steps aside for may,
like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten;
fresh violets open every day:
to some new bird each hour we listen.”
-lucy larcom
Apr1
1er avril.
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APRIL FOOL, n.
The March fool with another month added to his folly.
~Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906 (entries 1881–1906)
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photo credit: pinterest vintage french postcard
Mar20
awakening.
“springtime is the land awakening.
the march winds are the morning yawn.”
-lewis grizzard
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image credit: pinterest.com
May1
bringing in the may.
kinder’s hair shows signs of spring.
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‘as full of spirit as the month of may, and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer. ‘
Apr21
basket case.
“don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”
– easter bunny
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image credit: earth’s beauty
Mar17
where your heart is.
“your feet will bring you where your heart is.”
-irish proverb
happy st. patrick’s day
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image credit: art.com
Mar8
hint.
“Hint of spring showing up in upcoming weather pattern”
above is quote from our online paper
at this point in the year
i was really hoping for something more than just a hint.
seems like a burlesque version of a weather forecast to me
all optimistic style and not much substance.
after giving examples and explaining their reasons,
the article wrapped up with:
“This isn’t a permanent pattern change to feeling like spring. After the weekend we have temperatures dropping back to feeling like winter. If you add 10 to 20 degrees on, it won’t be too cold. It might remind you of spring. Time is on your side if you need spring. Just keep hanging in there.”
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“one can never produce anything as terrible and impressive
as one can awesomely hint about.”
h. p. lovecraft
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credits: m. torregrossa, mlive
Mar1
march on.
march of the sugar plum corgis.
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december days were brief and chill,
the winds of march were wild and drear,
and, nearing and receding still,
spring never would, we thought, be here.
~arthur hugh clough (1819–1861)
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image credit: ladbible
Feb2
gettin’ jingy.
the big guy checks out the situation.
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“Groundhog found fog. New snows and blue toes.
Fine and dandy for Valentine candy.
Snow spittin’;
if you’re not mitten-smitten,
you’ll be frostbitten!
By jing-y feels spring-y.”
― The Old Farmer’s Almanac
