Re: 's motd Sunday March 20, 2011

March 21, 2011

On 3/20/2011 7:08 AM, Sue in NJ wrote:

> But you just hang in there

because "Father Frost" is on his way out the door!

Yeah, he can say that - HE lives in southern California!

Here in the North East many areas are having snow this week!

> I mean, it really is the

season of...The New! Trees that have been

barren all winter are beginning to sprout little

buds that that'll turn into beautiful green leaves.

In some parts of the country, brightly

colored tulips are peaking from beneath the once

cold soil.

The sound of sniffles and sneezes and wheezes in the air as people

with asthma and allergies gasp for breath. The pollen count has been

*very* high around here for the past week.

>When I was a kid, I went to a lot of the spring

festivals in New Orleans. Even then, I just loved

admiring the beautiful spring flowers. The sweet

smell of all those blossoms was intoxicating.

Even with all my allergies I *do* love flowers and hope to hit the

Macy's annual spring flower show later this month. They do such

beautiful displays with fresh-cut and potted flowers!

>And I can't wait for all of those delicious

springtime fruits and vegetables headed for our

local supermarkets.

I saw fresh strawberries at $8.99/lb yesterday and they looked

awful. Signs are up in all the stores to expect high prices and poor

quality produce thanks to the bad winter weather across the country.

>I bought oranges at the

farmers market and they were so juicy and sweet,

they were like candy!

A week ago I bought a box of those tiny Clementine oranges and

before the week was out half were moldy and rotten, most of the rest

turned hard as rocks. I think we were able to eat 4 or 5 before the

rest went bad and had to be tossed. Back to canned and frozen.

Spring *will* be here this year, won't it?

Sue in NJ

who desperately needs to see sunshine again

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