Yesterday was the vernal equinox, so today is the first day of spring!
Hoorah!
As if to proove it we had 2cm of snow last night, but hey, the daffodils in the garden are still puting a brave face on it!
To celebrate I put the yeast into the new batch of stout being prepared by the Agamuņo Beer Company - my nano-brewery.
Hoorah again!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
We had like two inches of heavy wet snow the morning of the first day of Spring.
It was very depressing.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The birdies are all roosting right outside my bedroom window and chirp like mad far too early in the morning. >_<
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
"Spring makes everything young again except man" - Jean Paul Richter.
"Spring is a call to action, hence to disillussion, therefore April is called 'the cruelest month'" - Cyril Connolly
But on the bright side, in a few months it'll be summer. Then we'll get to see the girls of summer! While enjoying some freshly brewed beer!
Huzzah!
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Da little boids is on da wing. But dat's absoid! Da little wings is on da boids!
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
We don't have snow at all. Which is stupid. In a normal winter we get snow mid-October and the snow melts mid-April. This year we got snow mid-January and it melted last week.
But yeah, there is spring in the air.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
We literally are in the "blowing winter away" phase.
Soon...all will be...
REBORN
*halleluyah chorus*
Seriously, I woke up a few days ago, sky was clear, and my energy and mood were noticeably higher. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Good old Spike Milligan Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
(That poem is one of my absolute favorites.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Megan: Da little boids is on da wing. But dat's absoid! Da little wings is on da boids!
Toity doity poiple boids was choipin' an' boipin' an' eatin' woims, when along came Goity an' her brothah Boitie. An' when dey saw toity doity poiple boids, choipin' an' boipin' an' eatin' woims, was dey pohtoibed!
(I think my spellcheck just had a stroke.)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
"Spring is here! The bird is on the wing! (Isn't that absurd? I thought the wing was on the bird.)"
Although I'd always heard it as "I wonder where the flowers is." Birdies is better.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
It's in my book of comic poetry as "Spring in the Bronx," and listed with the two lines of the thread title plus the two lines I posted (although the first two lines are written in dialect as well: "Spring is sprung, Da grass is riz/ I wonder where dem boidies is.")
Rivka, that's awesome. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
My father (a Brooklynite, born and bred) made the mistake of teaching us that one summer. Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
My favourite Spike Milligan poem (apologies for length):
quote: Oh the Leetle Oh the Leetle Yellow, white and blue wearing pinkle ponkle socks and playing the digeridoo
Oh the leetle hands and feet'll covered in ginger hairs stole a jelly form the fridge and rolled it down the stairs
Oh the Leetle on a beetle raced right past the jelly until he reached the bottom step which hit him in the belly
Oh the leetle Oh the leetle Look what you have done! There's jelly all over the carpet, and look out, here comes Mum!
I feel all "five" again -it must be the spring air!
I love the Bronx stuff - I'm practising my bestest NY accent to try and do it justice!
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