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  1. #1
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    How gorgeous thanks for sharing!

    Tomorrow I plan to commute home and take the camera. I will look like a tourist taking pics of the bonnets but I love them. I have never tired of them living here all my life. I was shocked to see so many popping, all courtesy of that 3-4 days of rain last week.

    I wish I could figure out where those mountain laurels on the last county road to my neighborhood are. It is so fragrant! I usually smell grass or the critters (lots of goats and cattle) but right now mountain laurels, my favorite smell after gardenias blooming.
    Amanda

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    That looks and sounds lovely. sigh.
    Signs of Spring in RI:

    1. College students wearing shorts (tho it's 40d outside) "lying out" on the green.
    2. Sand piles where there were snow piles.
    3. My DH moved the plow truck to the side of the barn, instead of in front of it. But doesn't take the whole plow off, cuz there might be "one more big one."
    4. Mud.
    5. Zeppolas.
    6. Forsythia sprigs in bunches selling for $4.99 at Stop and Shop, when next week they will be in bloom.
    6. No more frozen dog poop to scoop! Comes up easier nowadays...
    7. People with "NPT" round stickers on the backs of convertables, driving with the top down and the heat on, wrapped in down and scarves.
    8. Short skirts and sleeveless tops.
    9. Sweaters start to smell.
    10. People get the iced mocha latte at Dunkin Donuts, instead of the regulah cawfee.
    I can do five more miles.

  3. #3
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    Signs of spring in Washington, DC:

    - Partisan bickering on Capitol Hill

    Oh wait, that's also a sign of summer, winter and fall... :-)

    Let me start over.

    Signs of spring in Washington, DC:

    - Cherry blossoms!

    Tourist season kicks off in high gear. Park rangers who work on the National Mall call it "March madness."

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    Quote Originally Posted by indigoiis View Post
    6. No more frozen dog poop to scoop! Comes up easier nowadays...
    LOL!

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    Signs of spring have started here in NW Oregon, too, in the form of daffodils and tulips!
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    Yes, it's amazing that college students are wearing shorts and no sleeves at this temperature.
    What do you mean a "regulah cawfee?" I thought it was just a "regulah."

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    We've got daffodils here in SoVA!
    Andrea

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  8. #8
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    Oh... we are SO behind. But I noticed that I have crocuses up! And the green grass shoots are starting to show through the dead stuff along the trails. The fish in my pond THINK they want to eat, but they don't really -- I tried. I THOUGHT I wanted to wear short sleeves today, but I don't really -- still too cold!

    So a few more weeks, I'd say! Sundial, thanks for the gorgeous cherry blossom photo! I can't wait!

    Oh, and what does "NPT" on the bumper sticker mean? Am I out of touch?!
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