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I just put the milk bottles out and got a hugh wiff of spring. Got Hubby and daughter (Amy) to sniff and Amy said 'Oh yeah I've been telling my friends to smell that all day, it's smells lovely'. I'm so pleased that she noticed the smell of spring appoaching.

yep we noticed spring in the air when walking dog tonight, lets hope its a good sign of things to come

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Ho thats lovely the smell of spring in the air, roll on Spring

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Smile and the world smiles with you

That spring smell AND the fact that I have got washing out on the line two days running now. Will the tumble drier be retiring for summer soon??

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ooooh ....I know just what you mean, I always say that I can smell the seasons change, people think I am mad. But I can smell 'growing' its wonderful.
I am not alone
I am not alone
I am not alone, sings HF

Its so exciting isn't it. I have a large shrub called daphne odora outside my back door that has just come into flower. The smell is fantastic and little handful are sitting in eggcups on every shelf around the house. Love it Love it...That is the smell of spring for me!

My dwarf irises and hellebores are out, and today really feels like the first day of spring! I heard crossbills singing to each other this morning. There is anticipation in the air!

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Dwell simply ~ love richly

Out here too Birdie, as are the crocuses on the top terrace around the trees.

It's just glorious here now - this morning was grey, overcast and a bit \cold but all that's cleared now, the sky is Dordogne blue and clear and I'm going to be out there this afternoon.

Blissssssssssss

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TonyF, Dordogne 24220

Any whiff of spring here was diluted this morning by a gale and heavy rain!

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Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
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Yeh, I'm with Jennie, too wet and windy this morning which just meant a quick dash from front door to car then into office. What a shame - but glad some of you are enjoying it.

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Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

I always wake up one morning and think 'Ooh, it's spring, autumn, whatever. I haven't sensed the whiff of spring here yet though.

no whiff of spring here either rather wet and gloomy this morning though it has brightened up a bit now

Was looking at Daphnes at the GC yesterday, gorgeous, smell beautiful , I want one!!

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

I was woken by the cooing of courting pigeons this morning. More pigeons, just what we need

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~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi

Snowdrops are out, also the cream and yellow crocuses, blue buds showing on the grape hyacinths in the front border, but the forsythia isn't showing colour on the buds yet!! Still, I think it's almost Spring proper!! Walked home from work in daylight today!!!

i've just got stalks showing no buds on any yet.

It will feel like spring tomorrow for me, after a few hrs sleep in the morning, my last night to night Yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

And a nice week off next week hope to get my veg plot finished

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Smile and the world smiles with you

The wild polyanthus have just started to burst out, lovely yelloe flowers and I was 'bonjour' ed today by the first ramblers of the year as they wandered along our chemin rurale.

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TonyF, Dordogne 24220

got leaves opening on hardy Fuchias in garden snowdrops flowering and primroses 2 months now jacob

My running test is no track suit trousers since late January. Not done that for 3 yers. Still cold though. I expect we'l see some frosts again. After last year I am sowing nowt until late Feb.

First daffodil out in the garden today.

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Paul

I think spring is really coming, both my potted Maidenhair tree (Gingko Biloba) has send out it's green shoots so lovely . I noticed my Conference pear tree are sending out some shoots (still covered like buds but getting bigger) and so as the Japanese Quince (Cido). The Narciscus flower buds are getting plum...so happy, hopefully no hard frost coming....

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I went down to the lottie without a coat today The sun shone, the birds sang, my little boy and I got suitably grubby hauling out bramble roots and laying manure....

perfect day, just perfect

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In the woods there grew a tree
And a fine fine tree was he

I went down by the canal today and snowdrops are out - lovely [didn't know we had any so a nice surprise]. I sat by the canal for 15 minutes in the sun- it was gorgeous.

The only thing worrying me is that does the lovely early weather herald another carp summer???

It was beautiful here all day (cambs) and I was out in the garden for hours - shame OH came home and couldn't see what the changes were... grrrr lol

janey