Can we talk? I mean, honestly? Nature girl to nature girl.
Something is in the chilly air…
Alison Kerr stopped by earlier this week to help us dream of the coming spring and the future blooms of our gardens.
And I’ve noticed a lot of posts around the interwebs lately about the winter blues — who’s got ‘em, how to beat ‘em, and how much they suck.
And let me just say: hear stinkin’ hear!
I am good for the first half of winter, but by January, I start dusting off my cranky pants and wearing them for the duration.
Sure, I love to make snowmen, look for critter tracks in the snow, go birdwatching, and other fun nature things. And I think we all know how I feel about hot cocoa.(Read: deep, abiding love.)
But I gotta be honest, Mother Nature, I am done for the year. D-O-N-E.
No, really. I’m serious. My cranky pants are getting too tight and if I don’t get some more day light soon, I am gonna snap. We’re talkin’ full blown white trash fit. It will not be pretty.
So, I would like to order spring now, please. Glorious, green, warm, fragrant, AMAZING spring.
Bring. It. ON! (Pretty please.)
xoxo Your biggest fan, The Grass Stain Guru, she of the cranky pants
Oh Bethe if I could bottle you a little Aussie sunshine and send it over I would. We have plenty to spare at the moment!
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Splendid – just splendid!
First signs of Spring are sprunging up (it’s a real word!). The bluebells are poking there noses through the leaf litter in the woods. The day’s are every so slightly longer…hang on in there. Let out the buttons on the cranky pants, it’s nearly here!
(And if you do get around around to a full on “white trash fit” do video and put on YouTube…that would be awesome)
X
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Laughing my head off picturing you throwing a full on toddler style tantrum in the snow.
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My favorite season – Spring…when all comes alive once again. Mapping out plans for a new garden. Hurry up spring!
Yes, please! We’re getting more freezing temperatures over the weekend, and my heart just sank when I read the weather report. I’m so ready for spring and summer!!!
Signs of spring?!? WOW, you people have it nice… apparently Fargo’s SNOWIEST month is MARCH! Thankfully it’s sunny here today (with real temp -9… that’s BELOW zero) and windchills around -20… I really don’t mean to sound bitter. I am truly blessed but geez louise… I AM FREEZING! OK, I’m off to sit in a sunny window.
Oh, and I agree, if you do get around around to a full on “white trash fit” do video and put on YouTube…that would be truly awesome!
Hi Bethe
I love the snow and I’ll be off in search for it this weekend. But I must admit, by mid Feb I’m happy to say goodbye to the white stuff! We’ve been lucky this winter, there have been so many mild days, it’s almost felt like Spring. For me, it’s the lighter nights that get me excited, it means we have extra time to play outdoors!
Stick in there Bethe-Spring is definitely on the way.
Thanks for embracing my cranky pants, all.
Happy weekend!
Those tulips are just the thing to brighten my day. For anyone still feeling cranky after that, I wrote a little post about loosening those cranky pants – I don’t know why it’s not showing here as my last blog post. I sure can’t figure it out.
Anyway, I hope the weekend brings a little sunshine your way Bethe. I had more snow. I crankily cleared the drive – 40 minutes later it was completely covered again and you’d never have known. I just had to laugh at Mother Nature’s little trick. She always has the upper hand.
Once again the snow looks beautiful and the cool air is fresh and gave me rosy cheeks by the time I was done brushing snow. I was cranky because my fingers and toes hurt, but then I warmed up and really enjoyed being outdoors.
.-= Alison Kerr´s last blog ..Companion Planting Doesn’t Work! =-.
Hang in there Bethe! I know I speak for all of us Cali #playoutdoors bloggers when I say we’d be more than happy to share our sunny skies with you any time you wanna play!
.-= Debi´s last blog ..Fun Friday: Backyard Bird Watching =-.
Had a bit of a chat w/ Mother Nature today: http://bit.ly/cD4C9X Hope she's still speaking to me…
RT @balmeras: Had a bit of a chat w/ Mother Nature today: http://bit.ly/cD4C9X Hope she's still speaking to me…
RT @MyGreenSide @balmeras: NEW post @ The Grass Stain Guru – Dear Mother Nature http://bit.ly/cD4C9X #playoutdoors #nature
@balmeras great chat w/ Mother Nature you had – 'tis the season for cranky pants, although stellar full moon helps http://bit.ly/cD4C9X
RT @balmeras Dear Mother Nature http://bit.ly/cD4C9X
RT @twilightearth Dear Mother Nature from The Grass Stain Guru – http://bit.ly/cD4C9X by @balmeras #playoutdoors
This made me smile this morning as I am still lying in bed snuggled under the covers and there is 8 inches of snow outside. In our area, we don’t get snow very often. We just get cold arctic winds that make your skin dry and itchy so when we get snow, it is FUN!
I am definitely looking forward to some warmer weather and bright colorful flowers to greet me soon. I am not wearing cranky pants yet but if it isn’t warmer by March, I might be putting them on!
Have a fun day today
Dear Mother Nature http://grassstainguru.com/2010/01/29/dear-mother-nature/ That's right, I have totally outed me & my cranky pants.
Oh no! Already? Maybe you can afford to have cranky pants so soon since spring comes earlier in your part of the world. I was just lamenting that there is only a couple months left of good cross-country skiing! I’ll be feeling your pain come March, though. I think spring arrives here around June 1. Drink up! and don’t be afraid to add a little peppermint schnapps to your hot cocoa!
.-= Mel´s last blog ..Snow signs =-.
So, Mother Nature let me know — with great authority — that I was too big for my cranky britches with a Saturday snow storm.
Point taken, Mama. Nothin’ to see hear folks — move along.
In case U missed it this week: Dear Mother Nature http://bit.ly/9c86SH My note asking 4 early arrival of spring, which has been DENIED!
@TKF_Foundation It's ALL my fault. Am being punished for this: http://grassstainguru.com/2010/01/29/dear-mother-nature/ *sigh*