Spring has sprung for these Five...
Apr. 15th, 2018 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magnetic_pole1) Has the weather where you are finally started acting like spring is here?
Well, considering we had daytime highs near 80F/27C in February, temps around 30F/-1C in March, and no real snow to speak of between early December and late March, I've given up all expectations for seasonally appropriate weather. The weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon.
Hm. Now that I write that down, I realize that "the weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon" is actually probably the very definition of springtime weather here on the US East Coast. It's never the definitive shift to consistently warmer weather that I expect--just more and more not-terrible days until suddenly it's late May and getting hot, and you realize you missed spring.
2) Do you have any special spring activities or outings planned?
I took a lovely long walk through the neighborhood north of us last weekend to see the cherry blossoms.
3) Have you started wearing different clothing appropriate to spring?
As soon as it's even vaguely appropriate, I break out my sandals. In an ideal world, my toes would be free and happy all the time.
4) What signs of spring are manifesting around you?
A marked drop in attendance in my classes. Lots of requests for extensions. Invitations to final reviews and exhibitions.
5) Are there special foods you enjoy preparing and/or eating in the spring?
If I were a more healthy person, I'm sure I'd have a local fruit or vegetable here. Instead, I'm going to say: discounted after-Easter Easter candy! I've already eaten two entire chocolate bunnies and have no regrets.
Well, considering we had daytime highs near 80F/27C in February, temps around 30F/-1C in March, and no real snow to speak of between early December and late March, I've given up all expectations for seasonally appropriate weather. The weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon.
Hm. Now that I write that down, I realize that "the weather's been slightly warmer lately, but I'm not going to count on consistently mild weather anytime soon" is actually probably the very definition of springtime weather here on the US East Coast. It's never the definitive shift to consistently warmer weather that I expect--just more and more not-terrible days until suddenly it's late May and getting hot, and you realize you missed spring.
2) Do you have any special spring activities or outings planned?
I took a lovely long walk through the neighborhood north of us last weekend to see the cherry blossoms.
3) Have you started wearing different clothing appropriate to spring?
As soon as it's even vaguely appropriate, I break out my sandals. In an ideal world, my toes would be free and happy all the time.
4) What signs of spring are manifesting around you?
A marked drop in attendance in my classes. Lots of requests for extensions. Invitations to final reviews and exhibitions.
5) Are there special foods you enjoy preparing and/or eating in the spring?
If I were a more healthy person, I'm sure I'd have a local fruit or vegetable here. Instead, I'm going to say: discounted after-Easter Easter candy! I've already eaten two entire chocolate bunnies and have no regrets.
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Date: 2018-04-16 12:39 pm (UTC)Says the kid, "When there's a discount sticker on them!"
These words have become iconic in Spinner's End. *munches a chocolate easter egg*
The cherry blossom is beyond gorgeous. We saw pictures of what it looks like in various touristy places, and if I ever manage to get back, I hope it's when the cherry blossom is out.
Such fun to read your answers! Especially to 4. I do feel sorry for you, though, you just put it in such a wonderfully-wry way.
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Date: 2018-04-18 03:23 am (UTC)Ha! That kid calls it as he sees it. Our motto, too. :)
The cherry blossoms are really gorgeous, though we never managed to schedule visitors at the right time--"peak bloom" (the period when about 70% of the trees are at their best) is notoriously difficult to predict. There's actually a website dedicated to predicting peak and updating folks on the flowers' progress.
Aw, thank you for the "wonderfully wry." Honestly, I know the students are stretched thin right now and can't be too upset with them. It's just that the best material comes in the last weeks of class! M.