A Lark Ascending Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) da-da-da-DA-da-da-DA-da da-da-da-da-DA-da-da-DA etc (Crap Stravinsky reference) Definitely Spring here this week - frogs, daffodils, a few bees, even the grass is growing. My favourite season. Try this for a more British view of spring: 'Enter Spring' ebbs and flows between blustery abstraction (Bridge was very much taken with European modernism), sunlit twitterings and a full on 'big tune' processional. One of my ritual spring pieces, though I've yet to play it as we seem to have jumped from winter to full, warm sunshine. March should be ambiguous with lots of wind and rain and the occasionally sunny spell. Not that I'm complaining! (the two other pieces are marvellous too - grandiloquent Edwardian melody in 'The Sea' and a wonderful impressionistic shimmer in 'Summer'. Edited March 12, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote
Pete C Posted March 12, 2012 Report Posted March 12, 2012 Definitely Spring here this week - frogs, daffodils, a few bees, even the grass is growing. Allergies, more than a month earlier than last year. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Posted March 12, 2012 We had an early spring last year too. The heatwave in Britain took place the week before Easter. It was all downhill after that! Autumn in May! Quote
BillF Posted March 12, 2012 Report Posted March 12, 2012 Try this for a more British view of spring: Don't know about "British". I'd say that picture is by the French artist, Eugène Boudin. Of course, I could be wrong. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Posted March 12, 2012 Try this for a more British view of spring: Don't know about "British". I'd say that picture is by the French artist, Eugène Boudin. Of course, I could be wrong. Well, the music is British - English even. Though British arty types have always had a thing for France. Quote
Royal Oak Posted March 13, 2012 Report Posted March 13, 2012 Definitely Spring here this week - frogs, daffodils, a few bees, even the grass is growing. Allergies, more than a month earlier than last year. I feel your pain. I was a hay fever sufferer from the age of 7. Now in my forties, I find I no longer have it, which I find strange. Quote
Royal Oak Posted March 13, 2012 Report Posted March 13, 2012 Try this for a more British view of spring: Don't know about "British". I'd say that picture is by the French artist, Eugène Boudin. Of course, I could be wrong. Well, the music is British - English even. Though British arty types have always had a thing for France. I think I have a copy of the Bridge recording on vinyl. I shall give it a spin this weekend. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Posted March 7, 2015 Spring 2015 arrived today. Narcissi are out though no frogs yet. Quote
uli Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBNTfXfJhhs Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Posted March 8, 2015 The Star says so. It must be true. Barbecue Spring! Quote
kinuta Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 The Japanese call this time of year sankan shion, literally three days cold, four days mild and it's quite accurate. Today slate grey skies and cold with morning rain. About 4C. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) Some nice spring shots here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-31939757 Up here in the north Midlands the daffs are just appearing but the leaves are not yet out; yet I noticed around Watford yesterday the green was appearing. What a difference 120 miles or so can make! Edited March 22, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote
kinuta Posted March 23, 2015 Report Posted March 23, 2015 Some nice spring shots here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-31939757 Up here in the north Midlands the daffs are just appearing but the leaves are not yet out; yet I noticed around Watford yesterday the green was appearing. What a difference 120 miles or so can make! I often used to notice that, nice and sunny in London but a drive up the M1 found Sheffield chilly and grey. The cherry blossoms are getting ready for their debut later this week maybe. This is what they look like a few minutes from my home, at the back of Toho film studio. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Posted March 31, 2015 Gorgeous blossom their, kinuta. Amazing spring day today. Really stormy weather dashing between blue skies and hailstorms. On the way to work not just a double rainbow but a full half-circle a little later - you only usually see one leg here. This afternoon drove home through brilliant sunlight illuminating the trees superbly against a dark, thunderous sky ahead that I eventually drove into. Pheasants, magpies everywhere. Just had two power cuts within 30 minutes. The weather is clearly taxing the system. Quote
Shawn Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 We've already had a couple small heat waves in March that broke high temperature records for this time of year. Hopefully not an omen for the summer. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Posted March 31, 2015 Hoping for a heatwave sometime into next week when this current system passes. We were promised a barbecue Easter by our oh-so-reliable press a few weeks back. Quote
erwbol Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 Won't help your water supply. I read LA has about a year's worth left. Quote
Shawn Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 Won't help your water supply. I read LA has about a year's worth left. Over 80% of the water in California goes to agriculture, that's the side of the equation that needs to start having serious restrictions placed on it. Quote
johnblitweiler Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 no snow here for over a week. Redwing blackbirds singing up choruses. Life is turning good again. Quote
sidewinder Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Nuthatches spotted in the back garden today. Daffs are out too. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Posted April 3, 2015 Yes, lots of daffs here. And the leaves on the bushes are starting to sprout. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Posted April 12, 2015 Spring is making progress - most of the trees in Derbyshire not quite sprouted yet: Quote
sidewinder Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 I was up in the Cotswolds yesterday and I have to say, from Malmesbury on up it was not unlike the views in your photos Bev. Absolutely glorious ! Quote
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