The first sign of spring?

[Big Frank]

It's in the 30s here more days than not, if not for a high, then the low. It's only 34 right now and supposed to warm up ro 37 for a couple of hours before gets dark and colder again.   Up to the mid-60s next week then cooling off again. It's a roller-coaster spring that feels like winter. Almost. 

[Big Frank]

Yesterday I had tulips and grape hyacinth blooming. The daffodils always bloomed and died back before the tulips bloomed, but not this year. They're just setting there doing nothing. I don't get it. A couple days before that, there wasn't even a grape hyacinth plant in the yard. The temp was in the 80s and BAM! It just appeared out of nowhere, flowers and all. Lots of white clover around it judging by the leaves, but it's green so I don't car. I was told today that they smell really good, but I never knew they even had a smell. Maybe tomorrow I'll crawl around and find out. CAFO! I should have taken pics after I mowed today, but didn't. I mowed around it instead of over it this time. The star-of-Bethlehem in the back yard never bloomed and all got mowed down.

Same stuff, different year.

[Big Frank]

I took some better pictures today. I took 3 of everything and picked one that was in focus and/or centered better than the other two. The grape hyacinth was really in focus in this one. I still haven't gotten down there to smell it. Some of my tulips on the south side of the porch are doing great, but the tulips and daffodils on the north side aren't ready yet. That's typical because they're in the shade all the time. But the daffodils should bloom weeks before the tulips, and none of them have. I noticed in the picture there's lamb's quarter, AKA fat-hen, goosefoot, or wild spinach growing in the bare dirt against the steps. I should harvest it when it's small and tender and eat it. I don't much care for the taste of raw spinach but have lots of salad dressing to make it taste better. I don't know what the heck is going on with the other tulips and daffodils, 10 feet or so from the tulips that are blooming. There are daffodils next to the tulips in the middle of the 4th pic.

Weeds. If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_album

[MikeBjerum]

When I finally got around to attending college, I quickly learned that the first sign of spring was when the girls broke out the spandex. The second thing I learned was that all spandex should come with a weight and size limit. One size may fit all, but one size shouldn't fit all.

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thunderstorms today. 

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[Majer]

When I finally got around to attending college, I quickly learned that the first sign of spring was when the girls broke out the spandex. The second thing I learned was that all spandex should come with a weight and size limit. One size may fit all, but one size shouldn't fit all.

Spandex is a privilege not a Right

[Big Frank]

thunderstorms today.

Low 70s and 0 precipitation today. I was wearing a baseball cap outside getting my neck red while working in the driveway when I thought, I could use a sombrero. I have a Vortex Sun Slayer hat but didn't didn't stop working until the job was done. Half off, last call. I got the lighter of the 2 colors, and the L/XL just barely fits me. Not comfortably, but I can try stretching it out a bit.

https://vortexoptics.com/apparel-mens-sun-slayer-boonie-122-29+swatch_color-Morel

[PegLeg45]

Spandex is a privilege not a Right

It's a year-round thing way down here........the good, the bad & the ugly. 

It hit 90° here yesterday and I was grilling chicken all afternoon....sweating my a$$ off too (it grew back overnight). Carhartt shirts are thick and hold in the heat. I bet I drank a gallon of water and tea.

[MikeBjerum]

It's a year-round thing way down here........the good, the bad & the ugly. 

It hit 90° here yesterday and I was grilling chicken all afternoon....sweating my a$$ off too (it grew back overnight). Carhartt shirts are thick and hold in the heat. I bet I drank a gallon of water and tea.

We have a family in church that causes me to shake my head. They have four girls - a college sophomore, twin high school seniors, and a sixteen year-old. These girls are all excellent and gifted athletes. volleyball and soccer consume all their spare time, and some time that should be spent on other things. These girls only clothing choice, except for an Easter dress, is spandex leggings. I have always questioned their clothing choice and it approprietness, but recently Mom has dedicated her wardrobe to spandex.

Spandex is like a mini skirt: If you wore it in high school, and your teenage daughters wear it, JUST SAY NO! Regardless of your fitness level, it just wasn't meant for you anymore.

[Big Frank]

There are some things women wear, chokers, tube tops, mini-skirts, and bell bottoms just to name a few, that if they wore those things before when they were in style, they shouldn't wear them when they're in style again.

Guys like me don't have to worry about what we wear. The things I was forced to wear as a kid weren't in fashion then, and never will be. Even if they were, I now have a choice not to wear them. And I don't much care what I look like as long as I'm comfortable. Looking too attractive can be a curse, and dressing down is easier than dressing up.