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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 5:25:51 PM
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February is always a teaser month here in Western WA. We have had day temps up to 60 degrees, with freezing temps over night. March will come and we will get more rainy, grey weather. But in the meantime, I have Daffodils, violets, heirloom primroses, and of course my Hellebores blooming. I heard spring peepers over the weekend, spring is coming!!!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Species
Farmgirl in Training
29 Posts
Jan
CT
29 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 6:03:55 PM
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I hear you Nicole, today was warm (40s) and the snow moves in tonight. BUT my horse is already starting to shed his winter coat, the cardinals are lilting and I saw a bluebird yesterday!
"Getting old aint for sissies" Bette Davis |
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mayamade
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
maya
minneapolis
minnesota
30 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 7:42:34 PM
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i live in the northland but i can tell spring will get here someday because the canadian geese are squaking as they fly in.
i cannot wait. :squeee: |
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October Moon
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Tracey
Dover
PA
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:58:31 AM
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I know we've had one tough winter when a 35 degree sunny day FEELS like spring!
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”— Anatole France
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 04:59:30 AM
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What's that?!! What's that?! Oh My! In the sky..can it be? Yes! It's the Sun! Woo Hoo!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
Edited by - texdane on Mar 02 2010 05:00:02 AM |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 05:10:47 AM
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I'm ready to throw back the covers and take off the sock and dance out in the street. We have beautiful clear blue skies and it's suppose to be close to 50 here today. Yeepeeeeee!
Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
1183 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 08:22:19 AM
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I saw how many Washington girls we have who have commented. Buttercups, tulips, birds and skunks are welcome here to us in Washington this year. I feel sorry for you to our East who have all that snow. That was our plight last year..with around 9 ft. accumulative here in Deer Park. You will get rid of the snow, & Spring will come. My problem is to decide whether Spring is really here, or if I might be fooled with a big dump of snow. Just hesitating!
Buffypuff/ Claudia
Farmgirl & Sister #870
"Half of success is the assurance of support along the way." cr
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AliciaNak
True Blue Farmgirl
405 Posts
Alicia
Elko
Nevada
USA
405 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 08:59:46 AM
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I also have a handful of tulips working their way up. Now I really have to get a fence around my flower beds to keep the chickens out so I can actually have flowers this year! We are getting warmer, but it's our annual "spring fake-out". I'm sure I'll wake up to some more white stuff before too long. I'm enjoying the niceness while it's here!
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 12:05:20 AM
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Here in central Utah, the tulips are about 1/2 to 1 inch out of the ground, and I think I saw little larkspur leaves fanning out over the top of the soil, too!
There are now robins all over the place. When I think of robins, aside from thinking of spring, I think of the "example sentence" that one of my high school teachers used for the word, "harbinger." "The robin is the harbinger of spring." (Isn't it odd what memories seem to "stick" in your head sometimes? I can remember this sentence, but sometimes I can't even remember where I set my glasses down...)
It's true!!! It's true!!! Spring is on the way all over the place!
Okay, so there's supposed to be another storm heading in here on Thursday, but I'm still hopeful!).
XOXO, Libbie
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 06:01:46 AM
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My big pink tulips are a couple of inches out of the ground already. The robins are going crazy out there singing their little heart's out. And this morning I smelled skunk on the breeze! WOO-HOOO! Spring!
...Of course we still could get a bunch of snow, but I'm crossing my fingers 
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Ozark Farm Girl
Farmgirl in Training
27 Posts
Maryan
Green Forest
AR
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 7:25:46 PM
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| The sun was finally shining today, the weather man says it could be near 60 this weekend. I know that is only an educatucated guess but I so hope he is right. I have the "dig in the garden" itch sooo bad. Spring can not come any too soon for me. I did see soft new buds beginning to swell on the Oakleaf hydrangea today. |
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Leelee
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Wraylee
Diamond
WA
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 09:03:51 AM
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My daffys have flowers on them now!!!! My new lilac has tons of buds on it, the peony and bleeding heart are about an inch out of the ground, and the early tulips are getting tall too. I love spring on the Palouse!
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
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coffeemom
True Blue Farmgirl
160 Posts
Melody
Carlinville
IL
USA
160 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 1:09:49 PM
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I looked out my window this morning and the Crocus' are up!!!!!
Yeah!
Melody |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 04:43:26 AM
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It's like a ping pong game here in the Northeast...spring like weather one day, wintery the next, then back to spring. At least the wildlife knows spring is almost here! Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 05:08:25 AM
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I hear ya, Dianne!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 05:27:27 AM
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Its so nice to come here and read all the beautiful signs of spring. I heard the happiest bird chirping away this morning when I let the dogs out. It has been warming up here, daytime highs in the 40s (which in MN means no coat!!) but we are supposed to get ice and snow this weekend again. Grr! Oh well, the boys are enjoying all the muddy slushy mess that's left as the seasons decide what they are finally going to do.
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
488 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 05:38:34 AM
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I am doing the happy dance! The snow is melting away (slowly, no chance of flooding) and the birds are singing in the bare trees. I can hear them right now as I write this. It is going to get into the forties today and fifties next week...spring is springing! Yay!!!
"God made rainy days so gardeners could get their housework done!" unknown
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
340 Posts
Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 07:03:19 AM
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I'm off to harvest nettles with a couple of my apprentices today. They'll (the nettles, not the gals!) will go right into the dehydrator. They dug up dandelion roots for 2 days while I made soap. We're about to plant the herb garden as buds are breaking all over! We tasted wild plum leaves on Tuesday along with wild mustard, saxifrage, licorice fern, fresh nettles, wild lettuce...the list goes on. In the Pacific Northwest, spring comes early, but this year.....it's come even earlier! No complaints here!
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Rodeorise
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
Rise
Brighton
Mi
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 11:36:37 AM
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AACK!!!
There is still snow here but the sun is shining today and I am chanting,"melt, melt,melt"
Michele
Farmgirls for Peace
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Leelee
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Wraylee
Diamond
WA
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 1:41:50 PM
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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens
My best friend just sent this to me. It SO PERFECTLY sums up the kind of day we are having on the Palouse!
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
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katmiller
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Katherine
Elk City
Oklahoma
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 06:41:29 AM
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| Daffodils are blooming and Tiger Lilies are coming up!!! Still may have another freeze, but until then, its spring! |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 5:54:42 PM
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I saw a dead skunk in the middle of the road today. It wasn't pretty but is a sure sign of spring around here.
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2010 : 05:16:24 AM
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...my Snowdrops have bloomed!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
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lulu
True Blue Farmgirl
240 Posts
Connie
Geuda Springs
Kansas
USA
240 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2010 : 07:51:11 AM
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It's the little things in life that make it worth while, like snowdrops blooming and even the smell of skunks.
I've got to share a tidbit with you. Years ago and in the middle of the night, I awoke to the smell of skunk,
now being the kind of sharin gal that I am, I poked hubby and said "can you smell that skunk? In a less than cheerful
reply he said, " well not until you woke me up".
LULU
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