Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Seasons of Meh

The snow on the ground is sucking my will to live. And yes, I KNOW. It snows here every dang April. The Easter Bunny had to hide the eggs in the house the past two Easters because of the snow. Every year at this time I find myself quoting Anne of Green Gables ("'Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. 'Like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss.'"). The other day my neighbor said, "Once the forsythia start blooming and it snows one more time, then it will really be Spring." And she's right; that's what always happens. It doesn't mean I have to LIKE IT.

Our kitchen table is temporarily covered with seedlings desperately stretching toward our teeny kitchen window. I have bags of asparagus and rhubarb roots waiting to be planted. The daffodils are dusted with snow. The robins wake us up in the morning tweeting, "What the...?" The coat closet is a jumble of snow gear, rain boots, umbrellas, and sweatshirts. Getting dressed in the morning is like some kind of lame Weather Roulette. What type of precipitation can we expect today? Will the temperature vary by 20 or 40 degrees? It's anybody's guess! Step right up and choose your outerwear!

Now that my sister lives in a southern state, she says that when Spring comes she doesn't feel as if she earns it, that it arrives too easily. This week we are still struggling to earn our Spring. And if it doesn't come in time, we'll make our own temporary one. We will dye rainbow-colored eggs and make dairy-free Easter chocolates and construction-paper bunnies. We will wear pastel sweaters on Easter Sunday and decorate the dining table with forced forsythia branches. We will celebrate Easter and know that Spring will come.

10 comments:

  1. Ugh. I hear ya.

    And now I want some rhubarb badly.

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  2. Oh, that would be depressing. Melt fast, snow!

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  3. The coat closet is driving me nuts! In a bold move a couple of weeks ago (a beautiful spring-like day), I put all the winter coats, boots, etc. away, only to haul them back out the very next day! I am ready for spring and I'm really hoping that winter is ready for a break!

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  4. I think we're earning Spring this year in the south. :-(

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  5. My thoughts exactly! I love the Anne quote!

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  6. would you like to switch homes for a few weeks?

    i have the opposite problem here in north florida. spring has been slowly pushing its way through bit by bit. it's been warm(er) here for a while. i would love for there to be more of a distinction between seasons.

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  7. :) This post is lovely. I have lived down south for too long and have no idea what it would be like to feel the need to "earn Spring."

    I feel a bit sheepish for resenting the need to turn on the heater that one night. It could be worse. Snow on my strawberries.

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  8. Snow in spring is such a tease! We've had really cold rainy weather when all my little guy wants to do is play outside even the weekend looks dark, dank, and dreary...

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  9. I LOVE that Anne quote. At least you can grow forsythia. It wouldn't last a season here, much less bloom. So there is a silver lining for you!

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  10. Our weather is up and down too - driving me CRAZY! I'm so over cold. thankfully it's staying above 50 for the most part this week. :)

    Saw you took a little break - I took an unplanned one due to Kayla's being sick for a week and counting. Enough to drive someone crazy.

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