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St. Gwladys
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What are the signs that Spring has come/is on it's way?
I haven't seen any lambs yet, though it looks as if farmers are bringing their sheep to easily accessible fields. There seems to be more birds around, it doesn't seem to get dark quite so early, and I've seen lots of catkins.
What signs of Spring have other shipmates seen?
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Stercus Tauri
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Encountered my first dead skunk of the year on the road yesterday - unusually early. A lot of poor creatures have been fooled by the warm spell.
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Piglet
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It's January. I'd give it another three months ... ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Uncle Pete
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Originally posted by Piglet:
It's January. I'd give it another three months ...
Possibly 4. Or 5. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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Tobias
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No signs of Spring here in Australia...
Spring in a Welsh valley sounds wonderful; dead skunks, on the other hand, I could do without, whatever the time of year.
Notionally, our seasons here are six months out from those of the northern hemisphere, but we would never have any sign of the approach of autumn in January. On the contrary, we haven't yet come to the worst heats of summer, which are normally in February and well into March.
We had a long winter last year, and spring was late and short. The jacarandas, which normally put on a stunning display through November, did not flower until December, and had only half the flowers of a normal year. Fortunately the summer has been mild, at least so far. Next week the schools go back after the summer holidays, and that is normally the time when the heat-waves start, and the lawns and the bush turn brown.
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Huia
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Originally posted by Tobias:
Next week the schools go back after the summer holidays, and that is normally the time when the heat-waves start, and the lawns and the bush turn brown.
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There is a move here in NZ to shift the school holidays so that February, when the weather is usually hotter and more settled becomes the holiday time rather then back to school. The primary school where I volunteer starts back on Jan 30.
Huia
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Baptist Trainfan
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On Sunday morning it was very cold but bright, and I noticed the birds wheeling over our house and thought, "Spring is on the way".
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Boogie
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A sign of spring - I cleared out the porch ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Barnabas Aus
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Tobias, while your summer has been mild our part of Terra Australis is heading for the hottest summer in about 25 years. The news has just reported January nighttime temperatures have been about 3 degrees above average. Over the last month, we have had at least one day per week at 40degC or above.
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Drifting Star
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Willow catkins, snowdrops, daffodils with tight buds, grape hyacinth stems poking through. No lambs, but the sheep are looking very large. Oh, and I've been gardening, that's a sure sign.
We also have half a dozen rose bushes with flowers still out - actual flowers, not just tight buds that won't open. There's red campion out in the lane, too. I'm not sure what season these things suggest...
(Also Wales, but up a mountain rather than in a valley.)
[ 24. January 2017, 09:57: Message edited by: Drifting Star ]
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Barnabas Aus:
Tobias, while your summer has been mild our part of Terra Australis is heading for the hottest summer in about 25 years. The news has just reported January nighttime temperatures have been about 3 degrees above average. Over the last month, we have had at least one day per week at 40degC or above.
The forecast for next Monday and Tuesday seems to be a repeat of yesterday and today. So glad when it rained. We could use much more.
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Sipech
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No sign of spring here in southern England yet. As someone who likes to get out of the city when I can, I would say spring is when the ground is more firm underfoot, rather than a winter quagmire. One can walk through woodlands that are green rather than bare brown and the sound of birdsong makes for a pleasant natural soundtrack.
The smell of bluebells and wild garlic are an added bonus.
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St. Gwladys
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Drifting Star, your mountain seems further advanced than our valley! I haven't seen much sign of daffs yet, although a local florist has some for sale.
(The 800' contour line runs through our house)
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Piglet
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When my brother-in-law died eight years ago, we went over to Scotland for the funeral in mid-February. Newfoundland was still several feet deep in snow, but Spring was definitely springing back in Blighty. In the south of England, the daffodils were pretty much over; in Edinburgh (where the funeral was, on a beautiful, very nearly warm day) they were just past their height; and in Orkney (where his ashes were scattered) they were just coming into full bloom.
After the funeral, we went back south and joined D's parents who were on holiday in Devon, where it was, quite literally, shirt-sleeve weather.
We flew back via Ottawa, where it was absolutely baltic - it was so cold that when we went out in the evening to get something to eat, we ended up in the first restaurant we passed that was open (which was, as it turned out, very good indeed).
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Drifting Star
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Drifting Star, your mountain seems further advanced than our valley! I haven't seen much sign of daffs yet, although a local florist has some for sale.
(The 800' contour line runs through our house)
Your valley isn't much lower than our mountain (which, it is true, is a small one)! We're at 890 feet. We are only a few miles from the sea, and in sight of it, so we have quite a strange climate - we're just above the snow line (although haven't had much for a few years) but seem to get fewer frosts than other areas. It makes no sense to me!
Of course, facing west as we do, we get the sun shining on us for a good portion of any day when the sun does shine.
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QLib
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Just a few feeble snowdrops so far.
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Drifting Star
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Primroses! And midges. Seriously.
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Graven Image
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I am torn between wanting spring to come and being very very happy to get all the rain we can have. Tomorrow is Groundhog day in the states. Feb.2, so the truth will tell. Looks like Phil will not see his shadow, around my house anyway and go back into the den for another 6 weeks.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Graven Image:
Tomorrow is Groundhog day in the states. Feb.2, so the truth will tell. Looks like Phil will not see his shadow, around my house anyway and go back into the den for another 6 weeks.
I thought if he did see his shadow he went back into his den for another six weeks of winter.
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Jengie jon
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Here is an interesting coincidence. A friend posted on Facebook the following:
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
winter will have another fight.
If Candlemas Day brings cloud and rain,
winter won't come again.
If Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
the half o' the winter's to come and mair.
If Candlemas Day be wet and foul,
the half o' the winter's gone at yule.
Candlemas and Groundhog day are the same date.
Jengie
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St. Gwladys
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Well so far, we've had torrential rain, cloud, and now some weak sunshine. I don't think the rhyme covers such a mixture!
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Sioni Sais
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A few brave flowers have been seen (c 200' up in beautiful Newport). I'm looking for the daffodils along our bus route which have been seen in January, but not that early since the drains were replaced a few years ago.
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Yes, in most of Canada, spring is far away. Which is good, we're off to BC visiting one of my children and going downhill skiing in a couple of weeks. There's 5 metres of snow in the East Kootenay mountains. With more on the way. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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North East Quine
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The first snowdrops have appeared in my garden. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Ferijen
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I've seen a daffodil (on the Isle of Wight) and snowdrops (in Hampshire) in the past week...
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Bishops Finger
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Yes, there are snowdrops in a garden in the village street here, too.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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L'organist
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My hellebores are in their full glory...
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rolyn
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Snowdrops, primroses which never went away, various things shooting in bare earth and daylight til nearly 6.00pm.
Lifts the Spirits, even though true Spring is a little way off yet.
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Mark Wuntoo
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In our suburban London small garden this morning we had two goldcrests in the same bush (unusual for us, we only usually see one) and two robins (again, unusual for us) which were not aggressive to each other. This shows spring is on the way, birds looking each other over, seeking mates.
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Pigwidgeon
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My allergies have been terrible this past week, so spring has definitely sprung.
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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St. Gwladys
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And a friend in Pembrokeshite posted on Facebook that they'd had snow!
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Og, King of Bashan
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Here in Denver, we get maybe six weeks out of the year where it is possible that the temperature might drop below freezing and stay there for a few days. I think we are safely out of that window, and nearer the time of year loosely called "spring" where it might snow a foot one day, but it will generally be 60 degrees and sunny the next. So there's that.
I've been on crocus countdown since Christmas, and it's good to know the first will be popping up in three weeks or so. I put a bunch down in the yard last fall, and I'm eagerly anticipating their appearance.
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Drifting Star
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
And a friend in Pembrokeshite posted on Facebook that they'd had snow!
Awww - I like Pembrokeshire! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
There was a short blizzard on our mountain an hour or so ago, but it got rained away almost immediately.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
And a friend in Pembrokeshite posted on Facebook that they'd had snow!
Snow in February? Hold the front page! ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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St. Gwladys
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Darkened had quite a job scraping the ice off the car this morning, though by this afternoon, it was lovely and sunny and 7 degrees.
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Piglet
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Here, it was lovely and sunny and -8°.
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Pigwidgeon
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"Only" 74F (23C) here -- I must get my jacket.
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Piglet
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The American author Bill Bryson was highly amused the first time he went to the UK to see the following headline in one of the tabloid papers:
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BRITAIN SIZZLES IN THE SEVENTIES!
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St. Gwladys
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The daffodil leaves are starting to show on the banking below our house.
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quetzalcoatl
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Some black heads on the black headed gulls.
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Drifting Star
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Anemones in flower in a pot. Mind you, I have sweet williams in flower in a pot too, so maybe my pots have a microclimate all of their own.
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Bishops Finger
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Went to Church yesterday (Our Place) - the bluebells are beginning to sprout up at the east end, and the celandines are appearing close by.
IJ
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Drifting Star
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Lambs! Just one group, but clearly a few weeks old and just let out into a bigger field. 🐑 🐑 🐑
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Pigwidgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Drifting Star:
Lambs! Just one group, but clearly a few weeks old and just let out into a bigger field. 🐑 🐑 🐑
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Polly Plummer
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Our garden now boasts three yellow flowers: one daffodil, one crocus and one dandelion. Guess which one is looking healthiest!
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St. Gwladys
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There are primroses in flower in our church grounds.
We went to Hereford on Saturday and there were hyacinths and crocuses (in pots) in flower in the garden outside the cafe.
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daisydaisy
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Suddenly, without warning, there are mini daffs in my garden - fabulous! I feel summer is just a hop & a skip away.
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Piglet
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Although there are still huge heaps of sn*w all over the place, the temperature here has shot up today, and even hit double digits! It may not last, but it felt decidedly springy this afternoon.
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It was lovely to see all the catkins out on my drive to work this morning
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Jengie jon
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I noticed tree branches budding like arthritic fingers.
Jengie
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