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Let's SPRING into Action!!!!

20 years ago

Happy Spring Everyone!!!!

Yep, it's official. It's flower time, mother nature wake up time! May not seem like much to folk in much warmer climates but to those of us who live in the colder regions - yippeeeeeeeee!!!!! I'm a bouncing today!

It's also Mother's Day in the UK. So Happy Mother's day too!

Today is a good day to pick yourself up. Dust off the old dust - pop by Kathy's thread and get sprinkled with her magic dust - and get that foot forward towards your goals. Even the smallest of changes will make a difference in the long run.

Pat yourself on the back today for just being here reading posts and thinking good thoughts about yourself.

We all have life's ups and downs to face but lets try to make something positive out of the first day of spring. Get moving. Get out. Clean your windows and let that sun in!

It's time to Spring into Action!

McPeg

Comments (4)

kathy_
20 years ago
Good morning!
I hope you are enjoying that dust because it is backfiring for me - I gained a pound! Now where in the heck did that come from?? If this keeps up I am going to strip nekked in the hallway of the doctors office before I hit the scale. I am racking my brain about what I ate and nothing is showing up. I want new genes!!!! Well I guess my plateau is over anyway :-Hubby wanted to go out to eat for lunch but that won't happen.
I have ageratums, coleus, zinnias and brocolli sprouting in bread pans on the windowsill. I love seeing those little green plants!
Today looks nothing like spring - cloudy and a passing snow shower went by.
I am loving my new camera. Oh geez I sound like that annoying McDonald's commercial.
We were supposed to have sunny and warm weather today but now that has been cancelled - darn. Wanted to go to Gettysburg and take pictures.
The dogs are snoozing but we all need to get out and get some exercise so I better go. They found the field the road has fresh manure spread and went there the other day - bad dogs!! Sage is still a little "gamey" even though I washed her.
Have a great spring!
Kathy
maryanntx
20 years ago
Hi!!! I needed this thread, McPeg!
I've been so lazy during my Spring Break (and loved every minute of it!) I've eaten more than I should and I know I will pay for it when I weigh on Wednesday!
Our weather has been perfect here all week. I mowed the front yard a couple of days ago and plan to mow the back today. My yard is so big and has so many tall weeds that have popped up with all the moisture and warm weather that we've been having!
Everything is green, the trees already have green leaves on them and my purple martins are flying all around their house. I didn't even get it cleaned out this year! My pear tree is covered in white blooms! I heard a hummingbird yesterday and know if I will put nectar in their feeder that I will have visitors right away. Everything looks like it should in the Springtime. Yesterday I drove to a near-by town to hit the garage sales and the wildflowers are popping up everywhere! I even saw lots of bluebonnets! I love this time of the year. Now, if I didn't have to work I would be even happier!
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Thank you everyone for your flatteries. "rob333 (zone 7a) I keep wanting to head more and more into the food category of plants rather than only ornamental and I think there's not enough room, but really, it's an excuse.---" Interestingly, there are many vegetables which are ornamental. But that is for another big gardening topic. "---socks Those dandelions look very familiar since I just yanked a bunch but didn't eat them.---" I wish that my neighbors would not complain about dandelions, they are so beautiful. "---Had a single spear of slow-growing asparagus last week,--" Asparagus is a very decorative vegetable. "---Dcarch, I've considered planting a couple of goji berries, but I'm not quite sure what I'd use them for or how they'd grow here--" Use them for stir fry, or substituent for spinach. "---Yes...discuss medicine "here" any time....always willing to learn.---" It's dangerous to talk medicine in a forum like this. You never know who has severe allergies. "------Aren't goji in the nightshade family?---" Yes, remotely. dcarch
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BeverlyAL
20 years ago
Spring is "busting" out all over here too and it is sooooo beautiful. There are a lot of pink and white blooming trees. Some are Bradford Pears but others are some types of ornamental fruit trees. Other trees are getting their new spring green haze on them and some of them even have little leaves. The new green on the weeping willows is so pretty. The forsythia, tulips and daffodils are in bloom and I just love Spring so much.
quiltingbunny
Original Author
20 years ago
This is just what we needed for our spirits and to get us all outdoors more! Let's get moving and shake our booties!
Great stuff!
McPeg

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