spring has sprung, the grass has riz...and here are the birdies

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westcoast girl said:
Beautiful and spring like here on the westcoast. Went for a walk at the beach over the weekend and found a baby eagle hanging out. Tulips and daffodils are in full bloom.
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its still beautiful in Cascadia, eh?
its 70 right now here
maybe the weather is pleasant enough for a jaunt around the entire seawall of Boundary Bay?
 
In the Rest of Canada, we're supposed to re-descend into winter (via a polar vortex - who gets to make up these terms?) as of tomorrow. With a stern little warning from the CBC that this is not an April Fool's joke...
 
More signs of Spring:
whilst walking to work, Agent Nutmeg & I got to witness our first scientist hummingbird of the year -- she was sporting tawny- like- a- deer feathers skyward, slightly dirty-cream feathers earthward with a Pride Parade metallic green gorget -- we say she because she wasn't making any sound and i say scientific because she was checking us out and the garbage pail and the sidewalk and the plants in the sidewalk and the pine bushes and...
 
Glorious day here today. Warm but not too hot, light breeze, sunny. An erratically flying wasp seemed determined to get in my way earlier while I sat on my steps, but I went inside - it was flying around the glass door pane after I came in - aggressive thing. I hope they're not building a nest by the door. Ahh spring! The flowers and the bees/ wasps!
 
Yesterday, I walked past a patch of grass covered in daisies, near a cherry tree - was wearing sunglasses - all of a sudden my eyes started watering like crazy, mucking up my vision. I don't usually get allergies that bad but I think that's what it was (no wasn't crying). Ah, spring. Otherwise it was also a beautiful day.
 
Pr. Jae said:
There's no springier beauty than when spring sprungs. Flowers begin to sprang and the people sing a spring sprong song.
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Thus Spong sprung out at the unsuspecting stoics ... who couldn't see things beyond eM as bishop pricks ... something to cause alert Ness! That'd be the unseen overseer ... Big Sibling! Never ignore a brother, or a sister who could put a handle on anything ... isn't that numinous as generating nominal word? Nothing darker given all the alternates over time ...
 
No insects out here yet. Only things like crocuses, which seem not unhappy to be covered with snow a couple of last times... I will put up my hummingbird feeders soon, though, once there's less chance of frozen syrup.
 
I like springing or sprung thoughts that can grab and be hung up on Eire ans Celtic arias ... this goings on in the heather ... a purple area that consumes people ... or allows them to be put out of site ... thus inherent? Sort of like the Hidden Gospel ... an unseen truth?

They can verge in mind ... and thus be misinterpreted as god knows what goes on in there ... verge in comprehensions of where to put things that are outstanding ...
 
More signs of spring:
Stinging nettles razoring across sidewalks
those red-headed black forest ants busily working on their pine-needle mounds in the open
a robin freezing with worm in her mouth and not flying away even when i broke eye contact -- that must be a tasty worm
 
Another sign of spring:

shopping mall parking lot faires

"Why hello again, Mr. Dark. Care do dance again?"
 
Inannawhimsey said:
More signs of spring:
Stinging nettles razoring across sidewalks
those red-headed black forest ants busily working on their pine-needle mounds in the open
a robin freezing with worm in her mouth and not flying away even when i broke eye contact -- that must be a tasty worm
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Stinging nettles are my absolute favourite fried spring green.
 
First, gathering: do not touch, use gloves and put in a strainer/colander for a good rinse. They don't stop stinging until they've wilted in the oil.

You want young shoots, fresh young leaves. If it's gotten a bit past that, cut it right back to the ground, use the mature plant to make the best organic high potassium fertilizer ever, and watch for new young shoots.

In a cast iron frypan, warm a generous couple of tbsp oil that you like the taste of (I use butter/avocado oil/non-virgin olive oil). Add a clove of minced fresh organic garlic. Let it get a little golden, then dump in the contents of the colander, being careful not to touch them still. Sprinkle with a little sea salt, freshly ground pepper, and maybe a shake of adobo seasoning. Stir fry until wilted. Enjoy. (And even if you don't have many nettles, mix them in with baby spinach leaves/whatever fried greens you usually enjoy. Just don't touch them til they hit the oil.)
 
BetteTheRed said:
First, gathering: do not touch, use gloves and put in a strainer/colander for a good rinse. They don't stop stinging until they've wilted in the oil.

You want young shoots, fresh young leaves. If it's gotten a bit past that, cut it right back to the ground, use the mature plant to make the best organic high potassium fertilizer ever, and watch for new young shoots.

In a cast iron frypan, warm a generous couple of tbsp oil that you like the taste of (I use butter/avocado oil/non-virgin olive oil). Add a clove of minced fresh organic garlic. Let it get a little golden, then dump in the contents of the colander, being careful not to touch them still. Sprinkle with a little sea salt, freshly ground pepper, and maybe a shake of adobo seasoning. Stir fry until wilted. Enjoy. (And even if you don't have many nettles, mix them in with baby spinach leaves/whatever fried greens you usually enjoy. Just don't touch them til they hit the oil.)
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Okay, when I first read that you eat nettles, I :eek: but this actually sounds interesting.
 
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