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

Aquamarine

[Aquamarine]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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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!

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 03-22-04...Military Monday 03-23-04...Hall of Fame #7

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[dutchess]

Oh...I didn't realize that the first pic was one of your trees. Lovely.

[dutchess]

Hi Kudsman. Great to see you here today. I think spring is a favorite season for all of us!

[dutchess]

Hi Billie. Beautiful welcome graphic...must be....especially since TMan doesn't like it :o)

[visualops]

Just wonderful!!!
Lovely imagery :)

[dutchess]

dixie...you live in such a beautiful part of the country....sigh...would love to get down there to visit.

[dutchess]

Hi Freezie. The calendar is very fitting for a burst of much needed spring cleaning....(except I'ld rather be freeping.... :o)!!!!)

[dutchess]

Hi Dubya...thanks for sharing the cute story and meaningful proverb.

[dutchess]

(((((((dansy)))))))) Hope you're having a good day. Hope you get a chance to stop in and bask in some sprintime beauty.

[knighthawk]

Hi all!!! How are you all doing?

[dutchess]

Have to run....Hope to stop back later.

[visualops]

This year is impossible- but next year might very well be able to make a trip to Chaahhleston :)

[Aquamarine]

Thanks Kudsman. You have FReepmail.

[Aquamarine]

The daffodiles are first to bloom here...mine are about 3 inches and survived our recent cold spell. They should be blooming in about a week...then I'll know it's spring!

Hang in there Dutchess, it won't be long now! :)

[Aquamarine]

"Add to that note to let LadyX and Dixie and VisualOps know so that we can meet."

That would be wonderful, I wish we could all meet there. Well, I can dream...

[Aquamarine]

Thank you. We are very lucky here in the South to have such a heavenly like springtime with all the white and pink dogwoods and various shades of azealeas etc...

[Pippin]

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY!

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

Ant to the repiblic for which it stands

One nation under God

With liberty and justice for all

Born and Unborn"

This is the pro-life version of the pledge of allegiance.

Wait til I can put some graphics with it :O)

[Aquamarine]

Hi Knighthawk! Are the flowers blooming in the Netherlands yet?

[Aquamarine]

Hi Pippin. I like your ProLife version of the Pledge.

Will be back later...

[Kudsman]

Hi dutchess. I had to step out for a while and run a virus scan on all my files after that link in #56. Glad it was deleted before anyone else caught it. You think I'd learn by now. Have a great day.

[Kudsman]

Yeah, that's what I get for being point man. I'm the idiot that spings the trap. Anyway after a system scan I got the little creep quarantined and am waiting to see what to do with it.