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A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...03-24-04...Springtime at the Finest!
Aquamarine

Posted on 03/24/2004 5:03:15 AM PST by Aquamarine



A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay, or a profile of another FReeper.
On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY
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We're having fun and hope you are!

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dansangel, dutchess, Aquamarine ~













Spring Fever. Anybody have it besides me? As winter snow melts into sunshine and greenery, it attacks indiscriminately, enticing the mind to wander, sometimes for days.




No need to call the clinic, the only treatment for this affliction is a good dose of spring. As we usher in springtime, all manner of wonderful little surprises will be peeking up at us soothing the symptoms. Little shoots of pale green grasses, pointed spears of crocus and daffodil plants, and small petaled flowers of thrift and phlox are now emerging from their winter sleep. What an exciting season change this is, as we witness nature awaken in the spring!




Below is a special collection of poems and famous quotes by other's that have been afflicted by this harmless epidemic, along with some pictures and graphics that captures the meaning of spring.







Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

~ Robert Frost





If we had no winter,
the spring would not be so pleasant;
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.
~
Anne Bradstreet





Spring unlocks the flowers
to paint the laughing soil.
~ Reginald Heber
19th Century Hymn writer





A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
~ William Wordsworth





April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
~ William Shakespeare





No matter how long the winter,
spring is sure to follow.
~ Proverb from Guinea






There is simply the rose;
it is perfect in every moment of its existence. . .
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson





Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung
with bloom along the bough.
~ Alfred Edward Housman





Every spring is the only spring -
a perpetual astonishment.
~ Ellis Peters




Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done...
~ Matthew Arnold






May everyone have the best spring ever as springtime breaks in all areas of this great country!






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To: All
Saying goodnight now to the Finest (I see Thursday's thread is here already, too!)


141 posted on 03/24/2004 8:33:05 PM PST by Billie
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To: WVNan
Lilac, so relaxing...
142 posted on 03/24/2004 9:07:49 PM PST by dixie sass (To all that have served and are serving - Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.)
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To: Billie; LadyX; WVNan
That would be so nice Billie! Thank you.
143 posted on 03/24/2004 9:08:48 PM PST by dixie sass (To all that have served and are serving - Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.)
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To: Billie
Nighty night!
144 posted on 03/24/2004 9:09:42 PM PST by dixie sass (To all that have served and are serving - Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.)
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To: Billie
Dansy, maybe we can forget latrine/KP duty - let's see you drop and give us 75 one-armed push ups then. :)

ROFL!!! My feet can barely "drop" to the floor when I get outta bed in the morning!

145 posted on 03/25/2004 3:21:26 AM PST by dansangel (*PROUD to be a knuckle-dragging, toothless, inbred, right-wing, Southern, gun-toting Neanderthal *)
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To: Aquamarine
No, sistah ((((Aqua)))) the "sun" was in your beautiful thread. Thanks again for posting this. It brightened my day!
146 posted on 03/25/2004 3:23:29 AM PST by dansangel (*PROUD to be a knuckle-dragging, toothless, inbred, right-wing, Southern, gun-toting Neanderthal *)
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To: dansangel; All
((((((dansy))))))) Morning dansy...Have a great day!

It's a new day...please join us for another JohnHuang2 classic HERE
147 posted on 03/25/2004 5:12:47 AM PST by dutchess
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