PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Spring Thoughts

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Spring Thoughts

"Crocus are the Chicken Littles of Spring--it doesn't start until the daffodils sing."

I don't remember where I saw that. I thought sure I would remember. If this is true, then Spring came here in February.

Spring is marked by the sightings of yellow--daffodils and bulldozers.

It may be Summer since it is 86 degrees here right now.

Here it is March 18, and my yard has needed mowing since mid February. I could show you a picture, but I cannot post until I pay Picasa $5!

Your turn
Do you have any Spring sayings to share? Has spring arrived where you are? Can you give me a clue where you are if you decide to answer that last question? No, I don't need your street address.

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UnknownMarch 18, 2012 at 8:24 PM
It feels like spring is almost here (in Alberta, Canada). However, there's a constant threat of flurries.

Today it was beautiful... puddles for my daughter to hop in, the sun was shining and the tiniest bit of snow on the ground. Yes... it feels like spring is here.
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LindaMarch 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Jennifer,
Hi, glad to hear from you in Alberta.

Puddles to jump in are important. I would allow my children to play in the rain. As long as it was not a thunderstorm, they could go out. Neighbors would call to tell me my children were out in the rain...lol.

It seems I fell into summer today. Maybe your flurries won't materialize.
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BLD in MTMarch 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Yesterday several people told me it was to snow. It was 60 degrees and sunny so I didn't really believe them. Even when most of the state has snow here in the center we are sheltered from it. I woke at 3am it was raining. I woke at 6am and there it was-- a nice, thin blanket of snow over everything. Go figure. Montana is always that way though. So fickle.

I like the opening quote. It made me smile.

"daffodils and bulldozers" - what a combination!

Have a great day!
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LindaMarch 19, 2012 at 11:07 AM
BLD/Beth,
I don't think I would have believed it was going to snow if it were 60 degrees! I live on a plateau in foothills, so some things miss us entirely. I see the storms dissipate or divide just as they reach our county. I always think of bulldozers now when I see daffodils!
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

Fancy follows me begging, complaining, needing me to do for her. She talks to me in various voices. She allows me to pick her up and carry her. When she became an adult, her head was a darker red and her body was light brown. Around her neck were tips of black feathers. It appeared she had a necklace of jet around her neck. When I showed this characteristic to a friend, he said, "Oh, you have fancy chickens and plain chickens."

Chessie has a broken toe. I broke it! She had a habit of jumping really high and almost sticking. A raccoon ate her in October 2009.

Thelma is the blonde. She is also the largest hen and the alpha hen. I suspect the gigantic eggs are from her. She often squats and presents herself to me. She is top hen, but I suspect she knows she had better be deferent to top feeder of the flock--me.

Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

Linda is owned by four hens. They allow her to fetch for them. She loves them dearly, so she allows them to boss her around. Linda comes out in the rain to perform chores for them and make sure they have food and water. She begs scraps from all sorts of places to make sure they have fresh fruits and vegetables.

Parsimony is not a vegetable

Parsimony is extreme care in spending money. Stick around and learn about my random thoughts on accomplishing goals economically--dumpster diving aka safari, gleaning, do-it-yourself, sewing tips, recipes, and whatever is happening in my life.

Okay so maybe "parsimony" is not your thing. How about thrift, frugality or just plain saving money? I try not to go the tightwad route as that seems to imply others will suffer from my habits.

Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

I am very imaginative when it comes to substituting or making instead of buying. I will tell you about making a heater for the chickens' water. Not one dime was spent since I had everything I needed right in my basement.

Practicality must rear its head alongside parsimony. For example, I will use the dryer in bad weather or because of allergies in the spring. But, I will not wash clothes in a tub as long as I have a washing machine or can find one.

You may hear more about my four Rhode Island Red hens than you care to hear. They lay delicious brown eggs.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Spring Thoughts

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