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Monday, April 17, 2006Is It Really Spring? Really?
 It's been a long time coming, this spring thing. I often rattle on about how much I prefer living in Tennessee over the Northeast, because of our early springs and long, late autumns. (Translated: I absolutely hate being cold.) This, however, has been one of those annoyingly slow-to-blossom springs. Southerners have a slew of "mini-winters" that occur after the Spring Solstice: Blackberry Winter, Redbud Winter, Dogwood Winter. Each "winter" brings a few days of cold weather and the slow-down of Things Turning Green. I think we got all of our Southern Winters at once this year, with a few others thrown in (Crabgrass Winter, Shagbark Hickory Winter, Cheese Grits Winter, I-Wish-I-Was-In-Dixie Winter...). If I wanted cold springs, I'd have stayed in Pennsylvania. So I'm happy as a Yankee in the South that spring is finally here. I can't take credit for the photograph, though. My son took that. I just stole it and resized it. Of course, springtime means the return of the bugs...and anyone who's known me for any length of time knows that I'm not too stable when it comes to anything with six or more legs. We've already had a wasp, a bee, a flying ant, and a mayfly in the house. That's not a good start to the season. And it gets worse. Just the other morning, Jonathan came into our bedroom holding a small, glass jar. Inside the jar was -- a three-inch centipede. Guess where he found it? It was attached to his ear. In bed. Okay, somebody tell me that this isn't normal for centipedes. Surely this was a mutant, ear-biting variety that only occurs in one out of every eight hundred trillion centipede births (are centipedes born?). Surely your average, run-of-the-mill centipede doesn't attach itself to human ears (while the human is sound asleep) and release venom that causes itching for an entire day. Somebody tell me that a centipede is not going to crawl into my ear tonight. I am so not over this. Still, it's better than the oppressive gloom of winter. I think. |
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7of my readers are feeling chatty:
Uh, if bugs are a problem for you, don't see King Kong - though I'm probably too late to warn you.
There I was, marvelling over the beauty of that photograph, thinking how Jonathan is one of those remarkable multi-talented artistic people, envying you your southern spring ( I am still stuck in Pennsylvania, shut up! ;-) ) and then I got to the centipede bit...
SHUDDER
Lordy! My ears are going to be feeling crawly all day!!
I'm still with you though, I'll take ear sucking bugs over winter any day!
I mean, ever see Wrath of Khan? Chekov never seemed the worse for wear...
Gorgeous photo!!
Hey, tell him great pic! and thanks for letting mom borrow it, it looks nice at the top of the blog! ;) hope all is well up there. we are good here in the NW corner. getting warmer and out more! have a good day and hope to hear from ya soon!
Shasta
Jerry -- Much as I adore Peter Jackson, I have no desire to see King Kong, so I'm safe. Though I admit that when I discovered that Andy Sirkis did the work for the Kong CG, my interest was piqued. Slightly.
Kerrie -- I haven't seen The Wrath of Khan since it was in the theatres.....I don't remember! Eek!
Jurgen and Shasta -- I've passed your compliments on to my "Junior Photographer." He was basking in your praise. :)
centipede... at least it wasn't a TICK!!!! :p they give me the heebeegeebees.
I don't mind bugs - just the ones that sting or drink your blood...
We have had a very mild winter here in AZ - thus not a lot of rain. That is bad news, because of the very hot summers.
The picture is just awesome - cudos to your son.:)
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