Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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Spring equinox

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I am so ready for Spring!

Winter here in the Pacific Northwest has been cold, wet, dreary, snowy, icy, freezing. We’ve had more snow than I recall having since I was in high school. And not that we’re counting or anything, but I graduated almost 19 years ago. ;-)

(Geez, that makes me sound old!)

So, it’s St. Patrick’s Day today. I am wearing green, yes. And the kids painted their nails a nice bright green last night before they went to bed. Well, I should say – Little Girl and The Short Dude painted their nails. Gman refused. Even though gramma tried really, really hard to let her paint his too.

At least the Gman did wear a green shirt to school today. I think The Teenager forgot, though.

But anyway, the Spring Equinox is officially on March 20th this year. Just a few more days away. I’m so happy for that. I love Spring! It’s my favorite time of year. Everything is growing and renewing.

The days are getting longer, weather warmer. And the birds are chirping everywhere.

One of my favorite sounds of Spring are the wind chimes. There’s just something about Spring breezes that wiggle the chimes just so, sending out sweet tunes all around the house and yard. It’s beautiful. Sometimes I will just turn off the radio, opening the windows a bit to sit and listen.

You can check out more info on the Equinox and all things Spring below:
1. What is the Equinox?
2. Rites of Spring
3. Pagan Celebrations
4. US Navy – Earth Seasons
5. Definition of Spring
6. Easter & other celebrations

Did you see the March Wallpapers I posted a few days ago? You should go look at them if you haven’t seen them yet. They’re bright and green! Two of them have calendars for the month also.

I hope you’re enjoying St. Patrick’s Day and that you have a wonderful week as we head into Spring!

In the arena,

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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  • Hi Annie - I didn't realise that it was already officially spring. It's still so dull here right now. The north of the UK is cold and we just don't seem to get real seasons anymore.

    We're still desperately trying to find ways to immigrate to the US. I would love to be able to have a bigger house for a more reasonable price and decent summers. Houses used to be affordable here in the north but folk from down south bought them all up to rent out and pushed the prices up.

    You seem to celebrate St Patricks Day more than we do over there. The trouble is, it is always around the same time as Red Nose Day over here (a huge charity event). I had an American neighbour a few years ago and she held a huge St Patricks Day party.
  • Cath - I know! Spring just snuck up on us too. It's cold, wet and dreary here in Seattle right now as well. I have a friend who grew up near London somewhere until she, her mom and brother immigrated when she was in high school. She says our weather here is exactly like yours there. ;-) And it helps her not miss "home" as much.

    St. Patrick's Day, I think, is celebrated a lot here because it's one of the few holidays during this part of the year and schools like to hype it up. So the kids get all excited about it and that makes the rest of excited about it. I don't know. But my family does have a little smidge of Irish heritage (along with Swedish, Norwegian and a bit of English and Scottish) so maybe that's some of it too. And perhaps it's just that everyone knows Spring is around the corner when St. Pat's day hits so they're excited for that.

    Whatever it is, it's kinda fun!

    I hope you do get over here someday. That would be fabulous! I'm sure you'd like it. Some areas have more defined seasons than others. Ours tend to run into each other and it's difficult to always tell when it's the next one. But it's not bad - not too hot in summer, not too, too cold in winter. And everything is green! Which I really like. ;-)

    I saw a couple of my UK "friends" from twitter with the red nose thing and figured it must be some sort of charity deal.
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