In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
What I like about Spring most, is watching all the flowers peep up through the soil, then bursting into beautiful blooms. The fragrance is absolutely wonderful. Also watching all my veggie seedlings growing and hopefully eating the end result in a few month's time!
Also, listening to the various birdsong first thing in the morning and again at dusk. Look forward to seeing the baby fledglings hopping about in my garden, beaks open waiting impatiently for mum to feed them!! So comical:)
I really appreciate the different seasons of the year and would be lost without my garden, which is my mini paradise.
P.S. Bought some Italian parsley yesterday, it makes me feel a little bit closer to Italy....sigh
Francesca
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Must say I agree with Francesca. We've started doing a little bit of gardening yesterday (we only moved into our cottage last July), and just finished before a small rain shower came our way... it's April after all!! ;) Definitely can't wait to spend more time in our little garden, especially lounging leisurely with a glass of wine and a good book in the sunshine...
Looking forward to exploring castles & hills once it's a bit drier - in Scotland. Sadly not very likely to see those Italian ones till much later in the year at least... :(
Can't wait!!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I agree too with hearing all the birdsongs when you get up in the morning and then still hearing them when you come home from work in the evening - especially hearing the first cuckoo!
Also looking forward to sitting in my garden in the peace & quiet, glass of wine and a good book!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hearing the upupu!
Also being able to eat outside at a restaurant and have a fag with the coffee...
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Relaxed]Hearing the upupu!
Also being able to eat outside at a restaurant and have a fag with the coffee...[/quote]
[LEFT]Thats great we are out in Puglia in a couple of days and look forward to the food and of course the ciggy with your coffee! But will be running around like mad things trying to get our Trullo habitable - water pump and a field kitchen sorted!![/LEFT]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Ha ha! Just told Dave to make a list to save arguing time when in Italy! Come on here and there ya go! Andy says make list...see Dave, told ya! :D
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
For me it's the bluebells. We take a country route home from work, and come May we pass by numerous carpets of bluebells. But Spring generally is our favourite time of the year, when Nature is re-awakening. And of course there is the cricket season, which has actually just started. Although I no longer play (at an exteremely low level I hasten to add!) I still have that feeling of anticipation, specially after last year's derrings-do against the Oz.
Springtime for me
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/16/2006 - 17:24In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
This spring is all new for me. Having moved recently to a whole new part of the United States from Southern California which I had lived in the same area all my life, it is all new. From the ocean to lakes. From a small yard to a large yard with trees that are actually blooming before my eyes, tulips (my favorite flower) in my yard. Robins and Cardinals, I've never seen a cardinal except for the baseball team. Sounds crazy 45 almost 46 and I'm so into spring this year. A few tornados watches, that is new and not something I looked forward to, but yet all part of this new springtime for me. I looking forward to hopefully the rest of my family moving out here with us. I looking forward to a nice tan :) but I look forward to that in California. Great question, great answers. Happy Spring Time;)
Peggy
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
It's so nice to heat that I'm not the only wierdo! Reading all your coments reminds me of why I love this time of year & why I love Spring! There's sooo much potential in the world!
Don't get me wrong, I live the other seasons, but when I see buds and shoots and am reminded of long, hot summer days, when I hear long-lost birdsong, I recall the electric hum of a hot, summer's day, bliss! I only need to hear the song of a Skylark & I'm gone!
Thanks for sharing!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Like Sweetpeg, I haven't really experienced Spring yet, and look forward to it in Italy (Spring 2007). In the part of Australia where I have always lived (around Sydney) there are no distinct seasons, just changes in temperature and length of days. Anyway, I've now sold my house in Sydney:D , and purchase of the house in northern Tuscany is proceeding at glacial speed:( . I had hoped to be there this Spring, but am now hoping for the Summer.....
John
Bluebells
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 08:54In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Someone mentions bluebells, do they look like tiny miniature hyacinths? If so, they're out already in the Val d'Orcia, I saw some last week whilst out walking. Spring is so utterly glorious here, driving over to Pienza I thought this could be paradise. The blossom is out, the birds are chirruping, there are carpets of wild flowers, it's wonderful, possibly the best time. Apart from when it's covered in snow! V
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Violetta]Someone mentions bluebells, do they look like tiny miniature hyacinths?[/QUOTE]
Yes, they do. The Italian for bluebell is giacinto dei boschi (literally wood hyacinth).......
........ but hang on a minute, someone's knocking at the back of the brain telling me that there was a footballer named Giacinto, surname Faccetti I think. Anyone back me up on that?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I took a photo yesterday of my daffodils (wasn't sure if they'd come through what with the humungous snails) and geraniums (some of which have survived through the winter, but I've added a few new ones for immediate colour) - a beautiful colour mix but totally impossible in the UK - daffs were always spring and geraniums summer so what season is it?
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Yes my favourite season too! Out with the camera again. Just to sit out on the patio (in my nightie!) with a cup of tea and a fag, just looking and listening to all the activity around me. Wonderful, and something that never palls. Interesting to hear about the Italian bluebells, I thought they were grape hyacinths. We foung two types of wild orchid last year. Hope they survived the winter.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I have just realised that what I was looking forward to, happened at the end of last week, my Aerobatic display team arrived, LOL, morning and evening displays by the House Martins, and later, the swallows, swooping across the weed strewn mess of a garden and the field surrounding the house for hours.
Ahhhhh...
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I saw that before Easter and it was stupendous sometimes thick together like a swarm of bees and then they would fan out and show their light coloured under bellies almost disappearing from view and then over the other way and they are there again. It was more amzing than the any computer generated graphic art.
I am sure I remember similar shows as a child in England but for sure it doesn't happen anymore.
Well, I look forward to waking up in the morning, seeing it's only 6.30 and not saying *************** ****************heck.... instead, I can say, Ohhh, it looks lovely out there, all the greenery, the little birdies singing and then go back to bed (for ten minutesish).:)