Rebirth, Renewal, Hope.....

 Spring has sprung as the first evidence of the changing of the seasons had started to sprout.

I had replanted these flowers one Easter about three years ago and they decided to sprout this year.

It is a sign of hope/ Rebirth. Renewal. 

Happy Easter to all of youse.

Spring has sprung......I think

 At least I got the first indications of spring being on the way.

The daffodils are out and growing nicely in the window box.

I can't wait for the full bloom of spring.

It can't happen soon enough.

Blossom By Blossom

For winter's rains and ruins are over,

    And all the season of snows and sins;

The days dividing lover and lover,

    The light that loses, the night that wins;

And time remember'd is grief forgotten,

And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,

And in green underwood and cover

    Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

                 --A.G. Swinburne, Chorus from Atalanta in Calydon, 1865

Buttercups and Trash

 

Sounds like it ought to be the title of a Judy Collins song.

I don't think they're actually buttercups; they look like this:

The closest thing I can find online is the Yellow Star of Bethlehem, but those all seem to have six petals.

M R Flars

So there I was passin' by Mayella's front yard and I saw her breakin' up a chifforobe, so I stopped to help her. Whist there I took pictures of her flars:

Editor's notes: Her name is not really Mayella, the piece of furniture was a dresser not a chifforobe, the word chifforobe is spelled variously with an "o", an "e" or an "a" as the sixth letter, said dresser was already busted up when I got there and I managed to salvage two corner columns and two claw feet from it which I delivered to a guy who uses found objects to make "art", and the rest of the dresser scraps along with a quarter ton of red oak caught fire nicely once drenched in gasoline.

I also burned up a big ol' mess of bamboo that I had cut down back in February. I figured that the fire would consume the combustibles then the rain would put it out before the whole neighborhood caught fire. So far, so good.

I saw a goldfinch in my backyard today - that is only the second one I have seen here in seven years. I like goldfinches which, along with bluebirds, I can identify with relative ease. Speaking of bluebirds there are now two eggs in my bluebird house, so mama bluebird is coming through in the clutch.

Mockingbirds winter-over here, so it's not unusual to see two thousand of them at once.

Writer's note: there is no editor.

Do not get caught.

Was Mr. Lucky the worst show ever to have a theme song written by Henry Mancini?

I say yes, yes it was. Mr. Lucky himself could not be more wooden were he played by Kaw-liga. Ross Martin, who in real life spoke more languages than Chicklit put together, could not maintain a fake accent for the duration of a single episode, sometimes, not even for a single scene. The fights all had the same schematic - Lucky and Andamo get the drop on the cardboard cutout bad guys, then they lose their advantage, then after valiant fisticuffs, triumph in the end. Rocky movies made millions with that shtick. All Mr. Lucky needed were some Batmanesque "Biff" and "Pow" graphics to reach true camp.

Lucky had a boat which he anchored 3 miles off the coast, in international waters. Somehow that was a viable location for gambling. But the local sheriff still wanted to arrest him for running a casino. Then he switched to being a restaurateur, which, in reality was caused by show sponsors not wanting to be seen as supporting gambling, and somehow, his boat remained 3 miles off shore and yet he was able to keep the joint packed. Curious. Not a restaurant for those prone to sea-sickness, I suppose.

Frank Gorshin showed up in one episode, did his bit, it was entertaining, and that was a bright spot. The mention of eating marlin and truffled grouse was, well, I don't know -- I had no idea that bill fish were good eating. Or did they say "ruffled grouse"? My hearing isn't what it once was, plus I was cooking lunch.

But as fascinating as a nearly 60 year old failed tv show is, that's not what I am here to talk about. We are currently experiencing a snowstorm. First day of spring and it is snowing. I saw a bluebird working on nest building, so that is a positive sign. She must know something I don't. It is warm enough that the snow isn't sticking, but come on -- it's nearly April, enough with the snow already!

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My catalpa tree this morning.

He's no Ennio Moricone, but I always liked this tune.

But wait there is more... Not just a solar eclipse!

"Today sees THREE astronomical phenomena take place as the supermoon and spring equinox align"

While people in the UK were treated to an eclipse, other events took place

Today marks the spring equinox, when day and night is roughly equal

And it is also a supermoon, with the moon at its closest point to Earth

It is very rare for the three events to occur at the same time

Closer to our neck of the woods.... 36 Million Americans Under Some Type Of Winter Weather Advisory On First Day Of Spring.

Spring

'Let the land produce vegetation'