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One thing about being older is that you have so very many snippets of songs, poems, sayings and jingles floating around in your head. Literally decades worth of popular culture is lodged in the ole memory. Half the time, you can’t remember why or from where you know something.
Apparently “April Showers Bring May Flowers” is a saying from England that dates back to at least the 1550s. Imagine. That saying has been kicking around the English-speaking world for over 450 years.
The flowers that bloom in the spring,
tra-la.
OK, just Googled and that’s from The Mikado, which makes sense. I was in that show in high school (embarrassingly, in full yellowface). Gilbert & Sullivan are responsible for a great deal of brain clutter in older people who like musical theater.
Springtime for Hitler and GER-MA-NY
I wish that one from The Producers would leave me, but it just won’t. Must be lodged too deep in the grey matter.
Spring in general has more songs, poems, and sayings than all the other seasons combined. Don’t you think?
What pops into your head when you experience the miracle of spring where you are?
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Good grief. Now I’m going to be singing Springtime for Hitler in my head all day.
So thanks for that.
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SORRY!!!!!
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Needed this colourful “springy” post this morning Mary so thanks! Seems winter isn’t finished with us yet, new snow overnight and no melting tenps for at least a couple of days 😬😠
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Oh no! I am thinking of you up there in the Great White North. Hopefully, spring will break through for Mothers Day 💐🙏🏼
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Goodness, me! Spring songs certainly come to you. In the spring, gardening thoughts come to me and it’s pretty much all I can think about. I actually resent any other intrusions . 😉
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My husband is the one with the green thumb. I’m really hoping his new knees are going to allow him to get back to it this year! 🤞I’m an excellent weed puller. That is my role in the garden.
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It is an important one! Let me know how your husband’s new knees handle gardening.
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I will. He seems be turning the corner – finally. it’s week 7 post-op. He walked a quarter mile with me today.
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Beautiful flowers! I’ve already seen a few in my neighborhood, so we’re pretty happy.
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Thank you! Spring flowers bring so much joy here in cold New England.
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You’re welcome, and I bet. That area gets pretty cold in the winter. In Illinois, we are finally getting some nice weather.
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Happy Spring! 🌷
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Nature’s colors at their finest. This is such a soothing perspective.
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed.🌷
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