The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.
E.B. White, "Hot Weather," One Man's Meat, 1944
And now there seems a chance that there just may be no more changing the time on the clocks!
Tomorrow at 11:33 am, the sun enters Aries and we are officially in spring!
This is what the last day of winter looked like today at Windy Poplars Farm
They've been talking about whether to do away with changing the clocks here for as long as I can remember. Our spring is a lot more advanced than yours to judge from your photo.
ReplyDeleteThe US Senate just passed it, and now it is on to the House. Fingers crossed.
DeleteBut, always a "but", there is some talk that people are split about which time to have as the only time! Haha
It's a trifle more springlike here in the UK. Lots of wall to wall sunshine and the garden is full of daffs and primroses. We're starting to think about planting seeds and getting the garden ready to go into production once again.
ReplyDeleteHow are you Nan?
Thanks so much for asking,dear Cath. Okay, would be the best answer. But am happy to be planting seeds under lights, and seeing the daylilies popping up. And seeing the deeries finding them, too. We have a yard full of turkeys who believe this is home, and we welcome them. The woodcock and robin are back. March has been a cloudier month. No one ever believes me when I say how bright February is, but there seems to be so much sun then and not so much in March.
DeleteEnjoy the idea of spring coming very soon! How do you feel about no more DST?
ReplyDeleteI don't really care which way they keep it as long as it doesn't change!!
DeleteIt won't surprise you to read that it is quite a bit warmer and with spring flowers everywhere in my area. That warmth is deceptive, though - we still get frosty nights and have to dress warmly when leaving the house early.
ReplyDeleteAs for chancing the clocks, that has been under discussion for so long, and there have been polls on official EU level with the results were clearly showing that it should be ended, but so far nothing has come of it.
I must go looking to see which countries have stopped the clocks changing.
DeleteI love E.B. White. Always a good read.
ReplyDeleteI hope we are always on one time.
Dear, dear man. I would love to have known him.
DeleteAnd I agree.
It's been a while since I've been able to stop by...and there it was: another of your wonderful header photos. Made my day.
ReplyDeleteSpring is our favorite season around here...probably because we got married on the first day of Spring 1970.
So, so nice to see your name pop up. I love that you got married then. Tom and I in spring too, but not Aries. Taurus - April 29 in the olde country.
DeleteAnd thank you, thank you about the picture.
I hope for DST all year !
ReplyDeleteI really don't care which way they keep it, as long as no changes!
DeleteMy first thought was hurray, no more annoying time changes. Then I read that in much of the US children will go to school before sunrise, in many months in northern states the sun will rise at between 8 and 9 a.m., which doesn't seem pleasant. I walked to school, but not in the pitch dark. I wonder if people driving to work will find it a bit more dangerous to be on the road in the dark. So I may change my mind on that, not sure. I saw your recent quoted poem about April and April girls, loved it.
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