early evening in the park on the river in spring
crew teams have returned with the birds.
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“all were merged into one smoothly working machine;
they were, in fact, a poem of motion, a symphony of swinging blades.”
-Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: 9 Americans and Their Epic Quest For Gold at the 1936 Olympics
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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – april 2021
“the rabbit of easter. he bring of the chocolate.”
-david sedaris
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“st. patrick’s day is an enchanted time –
a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.”
-adrienne cook (master gardener)
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Sláinte
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almost time to awaken to spring.
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“there is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
-homer
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image credit: Wintersleep (giclee print) by Marjolein Caljouw
puxatawny phil with some other (less famous) celebs.
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it’s his big day, and one of my favorite fun holidays
no matter what he predicts
about the coming of spring
(*not sure about his accuracy)
i love his spirit.
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*the national climatic data center compared U.S. national temperatures from 1988 to 2012 to determine the accuracy of Phil’s predictions, and he’s only been proven correct 39% of the time — significantly worse than chance.
spring is almost here
nine weeks away seems so close
that i can hear it.
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“music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.”
-henry williamson
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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
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
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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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“springtime is the land awakening.
the march winds are the morning yawn.”
-lewis grizzard
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