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April 22, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Many of us wax poetic at the end of winter and the return of spring. Let’s swap that around. What’s the one thing about spring that you can’t stand?<\/strong><\/p>\n The chirping robins in the almost-green yard. The brightly colored daffodils gracing the front of the house. The soft suggestion of leaves peeking forth on the otherwise barren trees. The bipolar weather.<\/p>\n And bingo<\/em>, we have a winner. I love winter, but this back-and-forth weather is seriously making me crazy. We had two bomb cyclones this spring and I’ve never heard the term before this! A balmy 65 degrees one day and snow the next? <\/p>\n I started the slow process of acclimating my geraniums to the out-of-doors and unfiltered sunlight this weekend when it was 70\u00b0. (I have one plant that is over a decade old!) Of course, with the possibility of light snow tonight and tomorrow, the process has been delayed. The flowers will live in my windows for a while longer.<\/p>\n This isn’t the old plant, but it’s blooming so I thought I’d share it.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n What bothers me more is the apple blooms on the tree in the front yard. They are just beginning to form. I’m afraid the cold snap will kill them off before they have a chance to grace the world with their beauty, and there’s nothing I can do to save them.<\/p>\n What I’d like is a nice, even uphill slide from winter to summer. I know that’s not going to happen, so I’ll deal with whatever Mother Nature hands out. <\/p>\n Is there something about spring that you hate? Feel free to vent in the comments! While you think about it, I’m going to head over and see what the other authors dislike. <\/p>\n April 22, 2019<\/p>\n Many of us wax poetic at the end of winter and the return of spring. Let’s swap that around. What’s the one thing about spring that you can’t stand?<\/p>\n Rules: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n April 22, 2019 Many of us wax poetic at the end of winter and the return of spring. Let’s swap that around. What’s the one thing about spring that you can’t stand? The chirping robins in the almost-green yard. The brightly colored daffodils gracing the front of the house. The… Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,5,16],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-book","tag-mondayblogs","tag-openbook","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190421_195712-e1555898520584-169x300.jpg?resize=169%2C300\")
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