What, For You, Is Your First Sign of Spring?

hi trinkabelle and timetravel just be glad you do not have the large noisy seagulls come around here behind our building and pull out food bits from the Vietnamese grocery store trash bins. then they squawk as they fight amongst themselves over the stuff they pull out of the garbage bins.old smelly fish etc . the air gets to stinking and the birds are screaming and I want to yell "OH shut up out there" but people would think I was nuts. lol lol

That sounds absolutely beautiful, trinkabelle! I've thought of getting a little bird feeder for our backyard. I would love to see something besides our city pigeons each year!

well if you buy the seeds it will attract other birds besides them smelly pigeons, we have wood pigeons that come into the garden but they are lovely, they sound like doves, it's the other birds i love, if you buy the seeds that have been made into fat balls, the suet ones, they love that, you could get a feeder or even a bowl and put them on the window ledge, it's surprising how many birds are attracted by them

Morning, time travel.....AND my dear Marti! @Marti...aha, NOW I can give you some weather info, that you can relate to..(remember I had to convince you I didn't live in an Igloo in the Ice age..LOL)! Well, Marti (now with satellite) I watch a lot of Boston news...(right now I am listening to WBZ as I myLot)....and the weather in that area, almost mimics exactly ours...BUT colder...yes, colder! I know, it is hard to believe when I live NORTH of the 49th...but it is because of living on an Island, with warmer Pacific breezes! @timetravel.........Spring is definitely my most favourite time of year, it is the season SO FILLED with hope and promise, YOU just know there are lovely days ahead. A time of beginnings! Some of the first harbingers of spring on my property are the crocuses..in a plethora of colors..purple, mauve, white, soft or bright yellow, that I have let go to seed, and you find them poking their little heads out all over, here, there and everywhere! We got a bit (just a dusting of snow last week, when your area got the dump) and they looked so lovely poking thru the snow. Daffodils, narcissi, tulips and hyacinths to follow. Who wouldn't love spring! And like Marti, the seed catalogs start my anticipation! Just love spring!

Hey! I notice that you're in Baltimore. I was born and raised in Baltimore! We moved here to Winchester, Virginia about 5 years ago. What area do you live in? I was born in the Roland Park area but moved around a bit. I lived in Charles Village, Hampden, Woodlawn, Towson and also lived in Columbia for awhile. Howdy neighbor!

cool, mentalward! I live in Remington - right near Charles Village and Hampden! Probably close to where you lived! We're right off Howard St. on 27th St. in a rowhouse with a small backyard. We moved from the REservoir Hill area last year. It's on North ave. where the daffodils bloom annually - do you remember seeing them there? We call our area the "poor man's Hampden" lol... How is Virginia compared to Baltimore? It seems as if daffodils and tulips are definite signs of Spring all over!

Yes it does! Thank you for reminding me of the buttercups! They go hand in hand with little ladybugs!

My favorite season, too, wqdayang! Your response sounds very poetic! Have you ever written poetry?

oh sishy7 how much would I love to relocate, I am still freezing here

Where do you live, RitterSport? Sometimes I would gladly trade a bit of heat for a glob of cold! Especially at night.

Here I'm hoping to get cooler soon; summer is supposed to be over already and we are into second week of fall but temperature still goes up close to 40C...

At least they have switched! Yes, signs of pollen and hayfever are, for some, the first signs of Spring. Do you give your son anything for his allergies? When I was little I was highly allergic to ragweed - my mother had to dig it out by the roots from our backyard! I am allergic to cut grass - but only some types of grass.

Baltimore never changes lol.....it's still the same city as it always was. Traffic is awful, buses are noisy, and people still beg on street corners. Allergies often get better as people grow up. But in my case, it seems like my reactions to cut grass get stronger each year.

He takes hay fever & allergy relief/antihistamine tablets. Does your allegy get better with time? Seems to me his allergy is not as bad as when he was younger; I'm not sure if it is because of his age or the fact that we moved overseas. How's Baltimore? I used to live in Bethesda in early '80s and I have friends who went to Montgomery College. I actually miss those days...

Robins are so beautiful. I had a best friend named Robin in highs school! Snow drop flowers sound lovely. Flowers are indeed a strong sign of Spring.

Ah! Spring is approaching early for you this year! Our trees haven't really been in full bloom yet - just starting!

That's what I love so much about Spring - it's a renewal for the year of sorts! Gives one hope, with all the beauty it contains!

Now that's an interesting thought - weather on PMS...guess Mother Nature hasn't gone through menopause yet! LOL.

For me, she never age. Forever 39.

lol~!

You are welcome, TheIrishClog! Crocuses in bloom sound simple Springly beautiful! Many people like the warm Summer months, but my city is full of humidity and high temperatures making Summer miserable unless inside in air conditioning. Spring, on the other hand - the air smells fresh, we can open our windows and invite in a bit of the outdoors!

I'm one of those that prefers the summer, as our summers here can be as crappy as our winters, but we get the odd week here and there with nice warm weather (by warm I mean 24 degrees celsius). No need for air conditioning here! That said, I do love the smell of Spring, the lambs in the fields and the typical Spring flowers. I also love that the grass and weeds start growing, I can start to cut the weeds and grass again for my tortoises!

perhaps all the winter germs finally catch up with you? lol...at least the really bad cold doesn't last forever and then you can enjoy the rest of the season!

That's why I mentioned the yellow daffodils. There's something about Spring that brings out the color everywhere, even in cities with rowhouses and older buildings.

Oh yes, beidaihe! The wind has been especially strong in our city the past two weeks - of course, it does bring those delightful spring smells along with it at times.

I never heard the rhyme, Hatley, but I like it! With kid's rhymes, who cares about grammar? hahaha. Garden Grove - isn't that where the Rev. Schuller had the first drive in church?