I hope everyone had a nice Easter/Passover/Spring weekend.  Yesterday I watched Mary Poppins and Willy Wonka, and did housework and gardening during the long commercials.  Saturday we went out to Ted’s Montana Grill for my birthday, then went to friend’s house and dyed Easter eggs and watched The Ten Commandments.

I always wonder when I’m in a season of the year–if I’m “doing” it right, and or enjoying it while it’s around.  It’s been very flowery here, though frequently rainy or cold, or very windy like right now.  All of which is better than the drought of recent past.  Right now my red seed ball swaying in the wind, covered with goldfinches.

Going to the Tea Party at the State Capitol  Wednesday.  This one being broadcast nationally, since CNN HQ just down the road–so maybe you might see me–haha.

Sometimes I never know if I’m awake or really dreaming.  Was startled the other night to hear footsteps in the living room where I was dozing on the couch,  beginning in front of me then walking around the house.  Or it might have been the kitchen ice maker and me hearing it in my sleep.  Other than that–my usual dreams of spaceships, alternate timelines, or zombies or space aliens.

Haha

Well spring has been nicely bloomy–but rained much of last week and now cold and windy.  Flurries north of here–haha.  Walked some parks last weekend. Dunaway Gardens which was big on the Chautauqua circuit in the 20s/30s, and Cochrans Mill Nature Preserve. Ducks swimming with a copperhead snake at Dauset Gardens in Jackson Georgia probably a more curious moment.  Got some sulphur water from the mineral springs at Indian Springs at Jackson.  Some mineralized water from deep somewhere trickles out of a rock, and has been a healing place since ancient times.

Too many squirrels in my yard, and they avoid the trap.  Supposedly drought is over but TV weather people still mumble restrictions and “it takes along time to Really come out of a drought.”

Oh well–time for car emissions test and new license decal–must dress in layers–though supposed to be 70′s this weekend–maybe–

Raining.  Bad stuff seems to be going south of me so far.   Pleases me to look out my office window and see daffodils, crocuses, azaleas and hyacinths.  Later in season I’ll see irises, roses, and summer annuals when planted.
They still have random people on TV talking drought, watering restrictions and gloom and doom.  The outrageous part of irresponsible watering in the past was like businesses or mall areas having their automatic sprinklers run all night or during rain storms.  That was true waste.

Dogwoods in bloom, but can’t take walks at the moment.  Maybe tomorrow.  New crocus blooms getting sort of flattened down.  Cleaned and sorted my desk area yesterday.  A periodic event–haha–

I guess the bad weather across the country will dampen “earth hour.” (turning your lights off for an hour and sitting in the dark.)  At the risk of getting into “global warming,” every planet in the solar has shown indications of it since the 80′s, which would suggest solar cycles.  Pollution and habitat destruction are definitely important issues–but much of going green I view as ultimately political manipulation hijacking and perverting worthy issues.

Ok well anyway–maybe I can run errands in an early afternoon lull in possible devastations–ha-

We’re supposed to have several inches of rain here, but “They” keep trying to work drought into it.  It’s been raining since December  2007.  This time it was a map of the Southeast showing water flow of rivers and the like? A patchwork of green and brown spots on the big weather map.   Ok well rivers are the quickest things to go up and down, unlike lakes and groundwater, and most are a function of what the Corp of Engineers decides to release somewhere–ergo–not necessarily based on current weather reality.

Dogwoods in early full bloom, azaleas just beginning.   Paperwhites and hyacinths make nice sweet stench in my front yard.  Too many squirrels, and they haven’t had the first round of babies yet.  Neighbor had a hummingbird, so I need to fill that feeder.

Macon Cherry Blossum festival was fun a couple of years ago, but looks like the main weekend will be rain impacted for the second year in a row.   Red diamorpha moss blooming at Panola and Arabia Mountain parks just east of town.

Weather Channel talking of children’s allergies.  TV weather, whether local or national–always wants you to stay inside and glued to set–because something might happen somewhere or change-ha-  On the allergies–they warned in early morning pollen is heaviest, but in the evening it’s mold spores.  Ok–then what–indoor video games all day?  Since I’ve been taking echinacea when I feel the need —beginning about a year and half ago–haven’t taken a cold pill since.  Take the usual C, B complex, multi vitamin, and etc too.

Been 40′s and raining for several days–but now supposed to be 60s/70s for a few days.

Recently planted paperwhites now blooming, other stuff coming up.

I’ve been ready for spring since last October.  I think will be helping Steve plant seeds later, then use my car pass to go to Stone Mountain Park again east of town.

I need to rake but now it will be warmer and drier when I do.

I’ll be wearing green underwear-but you’ll have to pinch me to see it.

Tonight’s full moon is the Storm Moon.  So build a bonfire and dance naked, err–”skyclad.”  Well it’s been 70′s here.  Looks like the Greater Midwest having the storms.  We have another day of 70s then back to 40s and a lot of rain–which is a good thing.  Two of the bulb mounds I planted a couple weeks ago starting to have the green tips of crocuses and daffodils poke up. Having a second wave of other daffodils beginning to bloom.  Spraying repellant to keep squirrels out of things–nice urine odor-ha-

Eating Haagen Dazs Pistachio ice cream.  Yum!

I did take some snow pictures which I’ll get up in a more timely manner than I usually do with home pix.
Still cold.  Since I don’t plan to plant any more shrubs–having spent much of last year fussing with that in cold and heat–when it warms in a day or two should be fairly easy to just rake up what needs to be done and nurture what’s there.  And most of the other bulbs I’ve loaded up on I can prepare the ground and plant when the ground’s warmer.  And seeds didn’t do much last year–I’ll just get some flats of impatiens and marigolds and celiosa and the like when it really is warmer.  Many people hate the odor of marigolds–but I love the stench late at night when it’s hot and humid and the moon and stars are out.  A couple of small shrubs I’ll probably move since they seem inappropriate for where they’re at, and don’t seem to be doing much.  Probably put in butterfly bushes–which are easy to grow and dramatic when they get blooming.  And full of butterflies and hummingbirds.  Oddly–I have quite a few tulips coming up.  I planted a lot my first year, but between late frost and the drought–they didn’t do anything.  And I don’t recall any last year. But plenty seem to coming up now.  It’s always a surpize.  haha

Since the sky’s clear again–I need to find where the green comet is now.

TCM had Psycho on the other night.  Hadn’t seen in years.  Maybe I just pay better attention now–but I didn’t realize/remember half the dialogue was puns and double entendres.  One scene Sam was telling Norman Bates the missing Marion was committed (about whatever they were talking about.)  Norman innocently said “Committed?  That’s strong language!”   (you know–the play on words about what “commited” can mean?)  Lots of stuff like that–haha.

Hitchcock’s Spellbound was on after that, but I didn’t stay awake much longer.  I’ve never seen it, but what little I saw looked good.  Ingrid Bergman is a very proper analyst in some type of asylum.  Gregory Peck is the new young doctor replacing the previous head whose being retired against his will.  However–Peck seems to have some problems with–wavy lines–hahaha–so–

More coffee, then the gym.

Not going to snow much THEY said.  Not going to stick to roads since Too Warm, THEY said.  Ha.  I’m sure my magnolia with limbs almost to the ground and my comically flattened ornamental grasses will be glad to hear that.

But it is pretty.  When it started at 10:30 AM it was like falling stars of white cotton balls.  Many waves of the big flakes, and still coming down.  The squirrels unfortunately have figured out the red ball feeder for sunflower seeds for the small birds, but I refilled it and been full of goldfinches and red cardinals. 

Fortunately I don’t have to go anywhere.  I know the old saw people in the South don’t know how to drive in the snow–but I’ve lived off and on the Midwest, and many of them don’t know how to drive in it either. And no one can drive on ice whether North or South.  And quite simply more salt/sand trucks up there than down here–because much more of it up there.   20′s tonight which means freezes over, though 40′s tomorrow, and 60′s by end of week.

All of our big snows or ice always seem to be in March.  Might be prettier during holidays, but may be nice to have now when not much going on.

And now for today’s weather report–

Haha.  I have friends in other parts of the country that  tell me they don’t keep track of the weather because they know I’ll tell them.  Well we’ve had some rain here–all the stormy stuff seems to be passing to the south.  Weather people been a tizzy last few days about Sunday.  Well–it may snow somewhere, some people will have a lot more than others, and it will happen sometime-ha-  Well forecasts here range form several inches to nothing–so–we’ll see.

Neighborhood kids enjoy running up and down the paths I’ve made in my yard.  I’d rather they stay out, but as long as they stay on the paths…however–tendency will be they might eventually be running over the bulb mounds I’ve made which have crocuses and daffoldils I recently planted.

Poison ivy now in the dry, ugly flaking alligator skin phase, and still keeps trying to spread new spots, despite all the washing and treating I still do.  But from what I remember in the past, usually takes about a month anyway, so would seem par for course.

Some movies I’ve seen for the first time and greatly enjoyed off Turner Classic Movies (TCM):

Bell, Book and Candle.  
1958 movie starring James Stewart as publisher, who get involved with antique
shop owner Kim Novac, who is part of a group of Greenwich Village witches. 
She casts a love spell on him out of boredom, then actually falls in
love with him.  Beautifully filmed, and much witty dialogue.

The Devil and Daniel Webster.   1941, down and out farmer in the 1840′s makes deal for seven years of good luck with the devil, played joyously by  Walter Huston.  When the devil comes to collect his due–Daniel Webster argues for the defense.  Great black and white cinematography, and very well written dialogue and plot, and wonderful acting behind it.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  1939 Charles Laughton version.  Moving performance by Laughton.

They had more snow forecasts on the news.  Something different each time.   Haha

Stormy night in Georgia–it’s raining all over the world.  Or however the song goes.  Tornadoes, hail, severe thunderstorms all over northern part of the state.  I just had some heavy rain here, but nothing too bad.  News showed vids of tornadoes on the ground, and cars whose windows broken out by 3 inch hail.  My friend Steve–his uncle couldn’t open the door to leave his house because hail had piled up so high.

Made a new flower mound in the front yard–this one will be full of crocuses.  Hopefully Mr UPS won’t trample through that one too, or break more of my discontinued Celtic pavers from Lowe’s.  Still more crocuses to plant, Dutch Blue mini irises, and gold colored ramunculus. And prepare spots for the other bulbs to go later.  Hollyhocks, cinnamon ferns, gladiolas, Asiatic lilies, and other stuff.

Weather up and down.  60′s today–though supposedly back down to 20′s some nights.   I know friends in the Midwest having a time of it.

Haven’t been to gym in a while, but I think the posion ivy splotches dried up enough not to be a problem as long as I wear long sleeves for light workouts.