Tag Archives: spring

on easter’s eve.

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“a recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.”

-pat conroy

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rain or shine?

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cold, morning rain does little but make one anxious to reach their destination, even if that is work or school. this innovative student solved the problem of hands free walking on one such campus morning in 1969. “U-M engineering student gary keck of detroit is too unconventional to raise an umbrella. he wards off the morning rain with a stylish sombrero. ole!”

“optimists are neither in denial nor naïve about challenges and difficulties in life.

they simply attend to and acknowledge the positive.”

– eric kim

credits: oldnews.aadl.org, ann arbor townies

the only spring.

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“every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.”

-ellis peters

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ants.

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it’s that time of year again

and the ants have stopped by for their annual visit.

as i now know that their newborns may outlive me at this point

i may just leave my cottage to them in my will.

“if ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?”

-marie  dressler

image credit: mentalflossmagazine

groundhog.

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“turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”

~maori proverb

happy groundhog day

and

may your face find the sun.

image credit: angel sarkela-saur

today we are on our way back towards spring.

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credits: pinterest – finland 1950s, word porn

may.

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“as full of spirit as the month of may,

and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”

― william shakespeare

image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com

 

 

hot dog with condiments.

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in honor of our home opening 

detroit tigers baseball day

 the unexpected snow

and

the expected condiments.

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credits: the intelligent optimist, rk photo, detroit tigers

it’s spring.

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spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

– doug larson

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freedom.

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we came outside today

with

no

mittens

hats

scarves

neckwarmers

or

snowpants.

just

coats

and

boots.

we discovered

that it had

magically turned into spring.

and

when we said

coats weren’t really needed either

there were

shrieks of delight

and a

mad dash

to peel off those coats

at last

to

throw them down

after the long winter

and

to feel a taste of real freedom once again.


i need this wild life, this freedom. – zane grey