"This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn."


Sunday, April 3, 2011

Visions of Spring

We have had a stunningly gorgeous week of weather in the "City by the Bay"!  Sunshine - no wind - 80 (yes, 80!) degrees...  Ah, sigh....  today, it is only 60.....but the sun still shines....the air is sweet with budding trees and flowers...and yes, "my" Mockingbird is back!  (Photo from last year.)  He is re-introducing me to ALL of his "arias" - he has hundreds!  And although he likes to begin at 3:00 a.m. - (right outside my bedroom window)....I don't mind at all.  After such a long, cold, wet Winter....his voice sparkles with joy!


For those of you still in snow-melty climes, Spring will arrive soon!  Those darn Groundhogs definitely were wrong this year....but soon, you, too will rejoice in this season of re-birth!  Plus.....it's Baseball Season!  (Woo-Hoo!)

Last....here is a special "Robin" bag.... a dear friend created this for me - complete with hand-drawn notes!

 I send loving ♥♥♥♥'s to all....  here's to healing world-round...  to renewal of Spring, of Life, of Love!

♥ Robin ♥
Posted by Robin at 9:52 AM
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20 comments:

  1. Trixie and Dustin of TheTeaDrinker.comApril 3, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Welcome home, Mister Mockingbird! Hail fellow well met, hooray -- and what a groovy birdie bag! So glad to see you posting about warmth and Spring, and may the flowers be showered upon you all season. xo, Trixie

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  2. sukipoetApril 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    beautiful flowers and love your cheerful and enthusiastic tone with these words. So glad you had a gorgeous week of sunshine and flowers and choruses of birds. Thanks for sharing your bounty. Here, no snow, sunshine yes, but a cold wind still.

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  3. secret agent womanApril 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I absolutely never mind being woken up, even very early, by birdsong.

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  4. kjApril 3, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    all i can think is 'who made the bag?' !!

    it is very sweet and very nice.

    happy spring, ms. cupcake. here's wishing you plenty of johnny jump-ups :)

    love
    kj

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  5. studio loloApril 4, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    oooh, I love that bouquet!! And Mr' Mockingbird..hahaha! Nice to see him (and hear him) again!

    You like baseball?? Who knew? hahaha!
    yesterday was nice here, today it's chilly and rainy. I'm out walking every day though. I've missed it!

    Lots of warm ♥♥♥'s back at you LS!

    xoxo
    Lo, aka BS!

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  6. JosApril 4, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Hi Robin. Baseball to me is a totally mysterious game. My mother tells me I played it with some gusto in the Pee Wee league as a child in Canada but my memory refuses to engage with me on that one. I do however adore cricket. It is so quintessentially english and I love the quirkiness of the rules. How can anyone not love a game that takes fully 5 days to play ... and quite often has no result at the end of all that palava?

    I'm glad the weather has perked up there. It is going to be in the high 60's later on this week here (with any luck). No mockingbirds but we've seen our old friend the green woodpecker a few days ago. Quite a racket he makes but thankfully not at 3am!

    Many hugs from here. xx Jos

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  7. Amanda SummerApril 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    oh robin, so you have a mockingbird too!!! a couple years ago we had one in our neighborhood and listened with rapt attention to his multiple 'arias' which changed every night.

    enjoy his song, dear robin - for it is just for you!!!

    xoxo

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  8. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Cher "T et D',

    It always makes me smile to see BOTH of you here! I hope when you come visit, Monsieur Mockingbird will make an appearance!

    May Fruhling Blumen enhance both our lives!

    Bis bald!

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  9. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Suki..... sigh...Winter just wants to be that "guest who lingers on and on....."....we must escort him out - NOW!

    Love to you and Bibs,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  10. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Hello CS,
    I rather guessed you are the sort of person who loves birdsong at any hour! It's really been a joy to me!

    I hope all is well with you and yours!

    Hugs,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  11. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    KJ, my very good friend David, made the bag for me! A fellow Opera lover and travelling companion to Bayreuth!

    Here's to Spring...Ms. "KJB"!

    Love,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  12. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Ha-ha-ha, my beloved BS! El BASEBALL!!!!!

    Mucho Fantastico! BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! L♥ve those words! Come on Red Sox.....it's still very early!

    I am proud you are out walking! I am too...these extra hours at evening are wonderful!

    Miss you!

    Love you,

    ♥ LS ♥

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  13. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Jos, you made me smile....I LOVE Cricket....was there ever such an "Alice in Wonderland" type of game? I remember seeing all the guys in their whites.... playing for DAYS....love the terminology...."centuries' etc. what a game! Baseball - though not as long-winded - is just as poetically beautiful and actually more graceful to me....rather like combining ballet and chess! (Don't laugh - I mean it!)

    You have a Green Woodpecker? Ah, I am jealous....how wonderful!!!!! The FIRST Woodpecker I ever saw was in the Bavarian Alps...hiking and I kept hearing this "hammering" noise....I was actually upset "someone" was out there making these destructive sounds.....finally, I came upon Herr Woodpecker... I was so enchanted, I sat down below the tree..and he generously did NOT fly away..but kept on with his "work"!

    Sending you many, many HUGS!

    Love,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  14. RobinApril 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Amanda, OF COURSE you had a Mockingbird come to serenade you and your Family! Aren't they wonderful! I have often tried to count all of his arias....but his repertoire is HUGE!

    Looking forward to more Argentenian Adventures!!!

    Love,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  15. A.SmithApril 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Slowly I am making my rounds and leaving tiny handfuls of words but a big handful of love seeds to feed all the birds in my heart. Here the weather is as always, neurotic. Today is sunny but in the upper fifties. Tomorrow and until Saturday, rain. We had the longest rainy month on record. Twenty eight days! this is going to sound crazy, but I am glad I was nearly unconscious for most of it. I would have ended raving mad if I could felt my gardening self awakening every day to gray and water!

    Love to you my darling, and thank you for the loving notes that I have been of great comfort to me.

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  16. MimApril 6, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    our friend the baseball nut. I love the image, I really do.
    Glad you are getting spring - we are...sort of...maybe thinking about spring. Someday soon. 80 degree weather would take care of this cold for me - that's for sure.
    have a lovely spring day ms robin and the package is in the mail today.

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  17. RobinApril 6, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Dear Allegra,

    See you come visit is like Spring! Ah, I really think je comprehend your statement about "being unconscious" during the storms!
    We have a blessed week...but today, 30 degres colder - with a forceful wind! Brrrrrrr and arrghhh! Enough!!!!

    Let's hope it will only a few more days of this....time to your garden to grow!!!

    I think of you and Barry every day - sending love and healing prayers.

    Love,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  18. RobinApril 6, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    Yes, Mim....I am a real "jock" when it comes to Baseball!!! Arguing Umpire calls with the best of 'em! Ha-ha!

    I am hoping the gorgeous weather we HAD is coming your way now....tome for your "Narnia" backyard to dissolve! Much colder here now....(sigh)..time to don the turtenck and boots again! But, when that certain "something" arrives, it will bring warmth and a glow to my home and my heart!

    Love,

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  19. marianneApril 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Lovely post Robin!
    Indeed how can you be mad when woken up by such lovely sounds of Spring!
    So happy for you the sun is shining over there!
    Here we had a good day still a bit cold but sunny! YEAH!

    Enjoy Spring dear ♥

    hugs
    >M<

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  20. secret agent womanApril 9, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Mockingbirds are so friendly. As far as I can tell, my bird population stays fairly stable throughout the year.

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