It's been a long time coming......

two fingers

two fingers

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This winter has been cold, wet, grey and LONG!

I stepped out onto my back porch this evening to grill some burgers and in the sunset I saw this..... A blooming tree. Man was THAT a welcome sight! It has been almost 80 degrees F here (27C) for a couple of days. And it looks like we have a couple more coming. I have never been so ready for flowers and grass in my life!

(Sorry for the crappy pic. My neighbor's yard, and this tree, is actually about 200-250 yards (180-200 meters) away and I had to zoom in with my phone camera.)

Any signs of life.....uh..... Spring where you are?
 
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I will be sad as always to see the season end as I generally spend the entirety of the winter in bed, where I consume laudanum in copious amounts.

Once it warms outside, I put on the linen suit and summer at beach property. Pleasant enough, but truth be told, I miss the laudanum.
 
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I haven't noticed much going on here in Queens, NY as far as plants blooming.

I have, however, been hearing a lot more birds singing, and later into the evening, since the sun is setting later and later.
We've had 70F degree weather. Woohoo!
 
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two fingers said:
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This winter has been cold, wet, grey and LONG!

I stepped out onto my back porch this evening to grill some burgers and in the sunset I saw this..... A blooming tree. Man was THAT a welcome sight! It has been almost 80 degrees F here (27C) for a couple of days. And it looks like we have a couple more coming. I have never been so ready for flowers and grass in my life!

(Sorry for the crappy pic. My neighbor's yard, and this tree, is actually about 200-250 yards (180-200 meters) away and I had to zoom in with my phone camera.)

Any signs of life.....uh..... Spring where you are?
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I've got the same type of tree outside my front window, but it doesn't bloom like that until the first week of May. I always look forward to that--for me, it means that Summer is knockin' at the door!
 
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I'm still in bed contemplating the fact that my workplace will likely lose power soon because we've had wind gusts in the 60s and there are more coming. I know I'll get the phone call but maybe if I cower here it won't happen.
 
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