Spring Flaws

Thursday Thirteen - Grandma isn't listless anymore

Longing for spring? You're not alone. It's easy to be lured by green grass and budding flowers. But spring has it's flaws. Thirteen of them by my count.

  1. Spring lifts your spirits with blue skies and warm weather. Right before it buries you beneath a late snow storm or encases you in freezing rain.

  2. Stop looking at those little green shoots for a minute and you'll see rotting leaves, broken twigs, and garbage from wind-capsized trash cans.

  3. Spring brings rain and it's dear friend, mud. It won't take long before pets and children share this outside delight with your home's interior.

  4. Spring is synonymous with spring cleaning. Grandma's not pretending that she participates in this ritual, but she certainly feels the guilty weight of avoiding it.

  5. Grass begins a new growth spurt, weeds compete to dominate the yard, bushes need trimming and the garden must be prepared for planting. If it were winter, you could be reading a good book by a toasty fireplace.

  6. Everyone knows you gain a little weight in winter. And a healthful walk could turn into a health hazard on icy streets. Winter provides excuses. Spring banishes them.

  7. New grass, budding leaves, blossoming flowers and plugged sinus cavities.

  8. Green stuff seems to proliferate in spring. So do ants, flies and mosquitoes.

  9. Whether they're selling security systems or religion, the door-to-door crowd is back. Not to mention their pint-sized counterparts, hawking candy for their sports team or summer camp.

  10. Unless you have exceptionally large closets, you'll have to pack away the winter duds and bring out the warm weather apparel. It's more than the time. More than discovering that clothes have shrunk. When the exchange is complete, you know that the temperature is guaranteed to drop by twenty degrees.

  11. Just when you're beginning to enjoy a little early morning light, the spring phenomenon known as Daylight Savings arrives and plunges you back into darkness.

  12. Spring distracts children from chores and schoolwork. Even when their bodies are inside, you know their minds have already headed out.

  13. Children are not the only ones distracted by spring temptations. Why just the . . .

What was I saying? Never mind, it's time for Grandma to go outside and play.

Grandma


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  1. #11....I just so HATE that! I wish, I wish that either we'd have DST or Standard year 'round.

    And as for the late snows...move south like I did. No snow. LOLOL


    Here's my 13 for fun this week. Come over and laugh a time or two. I always enjoy the company-- Have a great day!!

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  2. Great list. so true especially the part about the distra...

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  3. Ah, yes. Every up has its down. Great list.

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  4. Don't even get me started on the mud in my backyard...and my dogs....

    Have a great Thursday!
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  5. For years the word Spring brought only the image of mud on melting snowbanks to mind.

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  6. Allergies! The bane of spring for me. I am allergic to practically every tree and when they bloom it is achoo time!

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  7. Don't forget about spring fevers. I really get them, like a tree with sap rising.

    As the grass slowly greens, my skin slowly browns and gets freckles!

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  8. I love Spring and we almost have it here,unfortunately, It always comes with allergy as well!

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  9. I also avoid spring cleaning, then feel the guilt of avoiding it.

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  10. What is this Spring Cleaning of which you speak?

    Spring Forward...someone should be shot.

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  11. Yeah, I'm clueless about this Spring Cleaning phenomenon, myself. Never heard of it. Certainly don't do it (unless I pay my cleaning lady to do it for me).

    However, those rotting leaves and other uglies that the melting snow reveals? I view them as insulation for the plants about to ... get buried under that upcoming snow storm. You ARE dead-on right about that.

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  12. everywhere there is spring talk and i m experiencing summer :(

    Down Down and Dump

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