Okay, where is it? Where’s spring? It’s supposed to arrive today, right now, in fact. 11:57 a.m. (CDT). Do you see it? I don’t see it. What’s worse is I don’t feel it.
Quick, call the police. Spring’s been stolen.
Here it is, late March and there are still crusty mounds of snow loitering in parking lots and along curbs, hiding in the shadows. Does that stuff disappear? Heck, no. Not only does it stick around, there’s more on the way. Snow is in the forecast for Monday.
Winter just won’t give up. It’s an occupying force, a cold, merciless invader. We didn’t even have a January thaw this year. This was, and is, the coldest, snowiest season on record. The longest, too. What with the polar vortices and arctic blasts and all, it feels as though this winter has lasted for years. Decades. And I’ve hated every minute.
The only way I survived such bleak, miserable weather was by telling myself, ‘hang on, spring will come.’ And I believed me. Sheesh, what a sucker; I’ll believe anything I say. Well, I won’t make that mistake again — I’m giving myself the silent treatment. That’ll show me.
the whirly girl 
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Wow, that’s awesome, Caroline. Thank you. I’m honored and flattered and speechless.
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I simply do the Spring is Sprung dance and believe it, no matter what I believe it.
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I tried, valentine. I did. But I kept slipping on the stoopid ice.
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I hear you, I am I think grateful for Texas and the lack of ice this late in the year. Though I might be speaking to soon. I will double dance for you.
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Would you? That’s wonderful. They’re predicting snow for Monday and Tuesday. Do you believe that?
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Like Richard, we also enjoyed the mild Washington winter. Spring seems to be arriving right on time too. You know the real reason we can’t have a chip on our shoulder about it though? The Big One. Any minute, we might be searching for freshly blooming daffodils in piles of rubble.
Come to think of it, however, that might indeed be better than scraping ice off windshields. Hang in there Lisa.
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I’m hanging, Jo. It’s supposed to be warmer today — maybe 60. But I have on my thermal underwear, in case there’s a cold snap.
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Move to the Netherlands. We have Spring all Winter long.
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Woohoo. I’m on my way, Robert. I’ll call when I get there : )
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My brother used to think that spring, with all its attendant blossoms and flowers, only came once. So he tried to appreciate every part of it as much as he could before he lost it forever.
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I think your brother was right. Spring came once, didn’t like it here, and left. Never to return.
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Once was enough. Can’t say I blame it.
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: )
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I think it is like Tinkerbell. We have to all believe together . Clapping. Maybe we should try clapping. Nothing else has worked.
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Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap. Shoot, it’s still cold. Thanks for trying, Silk Purse : )
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Spring is broken.
It needs an intervention.
Maybe a warm jacket.
Maybe a shot of vodka.
Maybe we just need to move south.
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South. Let’s go there and have our own intervention with shots of vodka. Yes?
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Bottle, and bottles, of intervention.
Actually…that’s a GREAT name for a vodka brand.
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There’s no ‘off’ switch on your genius button, is there?
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I have an “off” button.
It’s call decaf.
;)
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Hahaha, good one.
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I saw a bunch of daffodil shoots today. Granted, they were poking up through gray snow.
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And I scraped ice off my windshield. Much more of this c-c-c-cold and I’ll have permafrost.
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That’s why I live in Washington State. Well, before I act as if I’m patting myself on the back for a great decision, this is where I was born and raised. Nontheless, the weather here is sooooo predictable.
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You’re a smart man, Richard. Lucky, too. You have the ocean and mountains. Me? Cornfields and windburn : |
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Brilliant post. Here, here to needing some spring right about now. :)
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Thank you, Caroline. You’ve warmed my heart.
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