Well,

The car went through the ice on the local lake here in town. :celebration:

Why is that a good thing? It's an anual fund raiser for the Lions Club and a practice event for Fire Rescue. BUT, it means that the ice, and winter is finally done here. Some weren't sure that it was ever going to go. IN fact, opening day of fishing was pushed back a couple weeks up north because of ice still on the lakes (and late spawns). The family is oh so happy; my little boy has been watching his grass-hole grow for a week now! (when we got 12 inches of snow a couple weeks ago, he evened shoveled his grass-hole

And as I'm sitting here in a coffee shop, procrastinating on some grant writing, I'm overhearing a police officer chatting about another sign of spring: maple sap flow. The season just ended here, and 150 4th graders came out to the school forest to make maple syrup. It was a strange season, but we got about 300 (dumped 60 due to spoilage) gallons of sap which is about average. We shut down the boiler yesterday. Good times!

So, what does spring mean for you? What are its signs? Do you have any traditions? Come, share the srping sunshine!

I adorn my altar with freshly harvested blooming branches. Sing my Winter Wrap Up Song. Put the bonsai and almond on the balcony again. This stuff.

Spring means pollen, the signs are itchy eyes and non-stop runny nose.

Cool spring. My birthday is coming up soon.

It's in the 80's here.

It means pool party season is opened! :celebration:

I can't wait for winter to come back

Spring means that summer (not the moderator) is almost here. I dislike summer (again not the moderator) as that is when I get my allergies and I hate the heat.

Spring and summer (still, not the moderator) are my worst seasons while fall and winter are my best

I drove through a white out snow storm last weekend in West Virginia. Spring ain't quite here yet. The temperature in Delaware is getting better, but I'm still wearing my hoodie. I'll give it another two weeks until I declare spring.

Sounds like an abusive relationship.
It's just going to leave you again.

That was funny. Because it's true.

It's even more annoyingly bright for the ten seconds a day I have to leave the house, and soon it will be 100 degrees every day for half a year, falling as low as 80 during the night.

It'll be back

It always comes back

good turn
:icecream:

Once we get through Spring, another season will be over. Inching towards Skyrim...day by day...

I hate winter. I love summer. Spring is just an unnecessary extra burden to bear before summer comes.

Speaking of cars going trough ice, many, many years ago one of friend's father's car sunk in a lake during the winter. It was lifted up at summer, and still worked many years afterwards. Those 80's cars were built to last :hehe:

Snow is starting to melt here too, there was no shortage of it last winter. Ah, to be 10 and jumping in piles of snow again ^_^ Alas i'm thirty and shackeled to this computer

Fixed for me My birthday is during summer plus beach, pool, holidays, gaming, sleeping all you want...on the other hand winter you get skiing, snowboarding, gaming, holidays, sleeping all you want :celebration:

The pecan tree finally leafed out. Of course the grass came up, and the flowering trees (redbuds, citrus, bradford pear, dogwoods) started blooming in late February and early March. My amayrillis, lily of the valley, and narscissis are all abloom, as are the wild violets, the jasmine, and the don juan roses.

One of two seasons a year where the temperature is actually tolerable. (the other being Autumn)

Spring? What nonsense!

Grass... hole?


Also, hemispheres damnit! It's autumn here, but as soon as we turned the clocks back the weather just turned to absolute crap, it's bloody freezing.

It means we're closer to summer. :disguise:

I don't particularly like Spring here. It's much too bright, and it's still too cold to be outside for too long.

Ah, I'd completly forgotten about dogwoods! Brings back some memories of NC. NC, where winter is actually spring and summer is 9 months long. :nod:

Yes, grass-hole. It's over the warm spot in the lawn over the outflow from the house to the septic tank. The snow always melts there first, thus a grassy hole in the snow. But it was really fun telling folks about my son's grass-hole

Ain't that the truth. One day, I was wondering whether my school jersey would make me too hot, the next I was considering buying the school winter jacket.

I love spring, it's track season, which leads into cross country season, which leads into basketball, and then back into track. It's also the time when I can drive with the windows down and listen to Coldplay with the wind in my face.