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The one thing I love about these North Americans is the way they time the arrival of Spring right to the minute!

This morning when I was driving in to work they were doing the countdown. I questioned Flash about whyyyyy go to that extreme and once he went in to the whole "rotation of the Earth and it's proximity to the Sun and... blah blah" thing I kind of chuckled.

He asked me how we work it out in Australia. I told him we just went by the first of the month. Ya know. 1st March is the first day of Fall, 1st June is Winter, 1st Sept Spring, 1st Dec Summer ...

At least I think that's the breakdown ...

But. Nice to know that here in Toronto we woke to -5 for our first day of Spring. Going to get up to 3 today! Whoot whoot!!

So yay to we North Americans!!! The big warm up is here!!!!

SJ

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Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
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Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.

It was warming up here this past week, but it's going to be cooler this weekend. Next week we might be in the 70s F (low 20s C) again!

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Originally posted by clouddancer quote: Originally posted by shamrokchick Yeah I've been cleaning the past week to. I definitely notice the weather getting and the sun coming out more. Almost time to plant those flowers... I put some bulbs in pots late fall and finally brought them out of the refrigerator this week. I hope to see the bulbs in the next few weeks. I also took some cuttings. So I am looking forward to seeing some new life begin to grow.

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I'm glad that my jasmine plant is blooming--it only does so once a year. Now, to get motivated to get rid of the pile of junk in my patio!

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Spring kind of sneaks up on us around here. The fields start growing fresh grass (and weeds) in late January when you'd think it's much too cold for new growth; by now the stuff is nearly three feet tall and everthing that can bloom, has been. Some dwarf iris I had in a pot and hadn't even watered for three months abruptly sprouted back in February, startling the crud out of me. But by now the frosts have tapered almost to nothing, and there are little leaves fringing about half the trees. The tulips are just starting to bloom, and the hyacinths have gone through two bloom cycles already. The daffodils have gone insane; I think they're competing with one another for number of flowers. That grocery store carrot I stuck in the ground in October as a joke has turned the tables on me and shot up a two-foot-tall forest of greenery and nearly doubled its diameter, becoming what we used to call a "horse carrot." And the Dutch irises are threatening to take over the entire garden box.

The giant jade plant on the south patio continues to try to overturn its pot so that it can crawl for the open ground, and it's been blooming nonstop since November; I can't for the life of me figure out why it wants to bloom in the winter, but it's abundantly happy to be living in this valley. The peonies started sprouting a few weeks ago and are aggressively trying to make up for their crummy year last year. They're still mad about being in pots. And I really should divide that garlic that I potted when we moved: it's in a shallow daffodil pot, and has multiplied so many times that I half expect it to crack the thing wide open!

Of course with the arrival of spring, we're also getting the opening acts of the Rooster Soap Opera. Arrgh. I'm gonna have to get out there and

I have compared Barrdwing's roosters with Galactors before, and she keeps denying it! But it's still rather suspicious, if you ask me...

Personally, I think Galactor is using them to keep an eye on James. After all, he is the foremost world expert on Gatchology!

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Spring is my favourite season, more sun, warmer weather, plants shooting up, buds on trees, to me it seems full of promise of good things to come.

I've been in the garden, planting bulbs and plants and feeling happy that things I thought had died are actually showing shoots.

Have done some yard work, along with planting things inside. Hoping to get them out sometime in the near future.

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