Swinging for Spring

Ah, spring is in the air. We have budding Redbuds and Bradford Pear trees in the area and they look almost like the photo (Yes, I'm too lazy to take my own photo!) They made me smile and think of swings. I like swings. I could do that for hours as a bored 10-year old.

I wish I had a swing.


Let me clarify. I want to swing on this:




Not this:



And then I saw this:



Huh?

This is somewhere in the UK. I think I should head over there later this spring to find it, or at least to take my picture on it so I'll have something to post on my blog.



I'm happy for the break from the cold weather. It's nice to not have to run wearing 3 layers, a hat and gloves. I feel like I'm coming out of hibernation.....slowly.

The squirrels are chasing each other and the rabbits are reproducing like.....er...rabbits.

I'm still cleaning up leaves and the oak trees are starting to bud and drop their tree poop all over everywhere. That is, it looks like poop when it mixes with rain and makes the driveway into a greenish-yellow slip 'n' slide.

The snakes are probably starting to wake up and that scares me a bit.

My neighbor crawled out again on Sunday and caught Hubby and I in the yard. She dragged me all over her yard and then said she had to get back to work (She had stopped her mulching mower to come interrupt me but now I'm holding her up?)

Thanks to all of you for your advice on how to handle the neighbors. I think I'd better just accept them or else I might do something that will make me end up in swing #2 from above.

I think I'd better stop now. It's not really spring yet. Mother Nature is only playing a very cruel joke on me. I'd better prepare myself for a little more chill.

ReformingGeek crawls back under her rock, grabs her binkie, and starts to snore softly......

ReformingGeek thanks flickr.com Creative Commons for the photos:
noose: mlhradio, basic swing: Special, swing sculpture: tim ellis, trees: cavalier92
Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic