It's SPRING!
There are several sure signs of the arrival of spring on the Outer Banks.
The first is the return of the ospreys -
usually the first week of March.
Not spring yet,
but the promise is there.
The thing about living on the Outer Banks
that I miss most from living in the Piedmont region of Virginia
is the lack of true seasons.
I sorely miss the change of seasons.
I miss seeing the change of seasons.
On the OBX,
seasons are not defined by 4 quadrants.
Down here,
they subtly blend into each other.
You don't have the four seasons here.
You have two.
Hurricane season starting in June-September.
And crab season starting in late April/May.
Well you could add a Nor' Easter Season in February/March.
And a Crappy-Assed winter with cold and blow and no snow
in December-February.
So I guess I do have 4 seasons here.
But I miss falling leaves.
We don't have too many deciduous trees over here
on this edge of the continent.
It's all pines
and right now the freakin' pollen is EVERYWHERE,
I miss a good winter.
By that I mean,
if it's going to be cold as a witch's tit,
then bring on the SNOW.
I love colors.
And the second big sign of spring,
a sure sign of spring,
is when the beach chairs
start blooming in a
lovely array of Bermuda colors.
Then I went to Ace Hardware
and found these.
I'm thinking about printing the bottom two out
and framing them together.
My Hawthorne just walked by and took a look
and said, "That's just begging for something."
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Hope you enjoyed all the pretty colors.
I wanted one chair of each color
for our deck,
but Mr. Hawthorne restrained me.
4 comments:
I had no idea that beach chairs came in that many colors!!
Somebody told me recently that we have five seasons in Hairballville.
Summer
Super Summer (The 100+ degree days)
Still Summer
Christmas
Almost Summer
Happy Easter to you and yours Rosie!
Loved the photos. And the bottom two would be great printed and framed.
I agree with notmuch, great pics. Those are the most uncomfortable chairs, only way I can tolerate them is with a foot rest. NY should have kept them in their mtns.
Definitely get those printed out and framed, Rosie.
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