Wake Up, Winter's Over! (I think...) - Karen Feist's Blog

<P><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>April 13, 2009.</FONT></STRONG></P> <P style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#008000 size=3><STRONG>Good morning Soupers,</STRONG></FONT></P> <P style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#008000 size=3><STRONG>It is almost feeling like Spring (in the sun) but a cool breeze in the shade keeps my feet covered in winter boots.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; '</SPAN>Tis the time for all ye winter-shut-ins to peek outside your blankets and show your colorless faces to the early blooms!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>My wonderful, dependable, good-looking, hard-working lawn guy showed up on Good Friday without a warning phone call and woke me up with the long unheard but familiar roar of his ride mower under my bedroom window.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I crawled up the headboard to lift one slat of the mini-blinds just in time to witness the destruction of my hyacinths and daffodils as he circled the baby magnolia they surrounded.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I slumped back into my slumber and rolled my eyes as if he could see my disappointment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>I thought to myself, "…no, they </STRONG></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>won't grow back…," knowing very well that they were near death anyway because of the cold, cold nights we've been having.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Switching modes to my earlier feelings of joy at the summer sound of the lawn mower, all was good and I was grateful to be alive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; Wishing you all a Happy Spring as I am&nbsp;eagerly looking forward to&nbsp;reading everyone's winter entries on a beautiful spring afternoon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Love and Light to all,</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><FONT color=#008000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Karen&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>

Douglas Ace Date: 4/24/2009 5:18:00 AM Good morning and a Happy Spring to you also. This season is the reminder of so many wonderful things things coming to birth in our lives. The joy of flowers in bloom and so much about us turning green is a reward to the patience of those who have eagerly anticipated this season. May this time of year be of bontiful inspiration to your writing endeavors!!! Doug Login to Reply