Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday Thirteen


Forsythia
 It is spring. So here are quotes about this particular season, stolen from this site and this site:


1. O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?  - Percy Bysshe Shelley

2. Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. - Rainer Maria Rilke

3. The year's at the spring/ And day's at the morn;/ Morning's at seven;/ The hillside's dew-pearled;/ The lark's on the wing;/ The snail's on the thorn;/ God's in His heaven/ - All's right with the world! - Robert Browning

4. It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! - Mark Twain

5. April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. - William Shakespeare

From Spring 2007

6. Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. - Virgil

7. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. - Nadine Stair

8. In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. - Margaret Atwood

Daffodils
9. He that is in a towne in May loseth his spring. - George Herbert

10. Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. - Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

11. Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. -Elizabeth Bowen

12. Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. - Ellis Peters



Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here.  I've been playing for a while and this is my 183rd time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday.

18 comments:

  1. I love the beautiful pictures that you have added to your post. Happy T13!

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  2. I am so ready to enjoy all the beauty Spring has to offer! :-)

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  3. If Spring has sprung, someone forgot to tell Mother Nature. We got TONS of snow over the past couple of days.
    Love pics of spring daffodils though.
    Happy T13!

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  4. It was spring here too until a cold front came through yesterday.

    Have a great Thursday!
    http://harrietandfriends.com/2011/03/spam-and-deal-breakers/

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  5. Thanks. I can't wait for spring.

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  6. I love the new hope new growth and spirit of spring. Unfortunately I really get spring fever. Chinese medicine practitioners call them tidal fevers. As the sap and shoots rise so does my temperature.

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  7. Is the forsythia photo yours? It's really pretty.

    Di

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  8. These quotes are wonderful. I visit QuoteGarden regularly. :) We were on our way to spring until Tuesday when a blizzard hit and covered everything back up with the white stuff. Great list - Happy Thursday!

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  9. I like Shakespeare's. Your daffodils are very pretty. It's so spring!

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  10. Ohh, pretty! I love the new header. Spring is not my favorite time of year but you can't say it isn't pretty.

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  11. When I say the 2007 pic I said to myself "looks like Kentucky"...I was close lol!

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  12. So where's number 13? LOL

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  13. What beautiful Daffodils! Were they your silent 13th quote, because they said it all! *smile*

    Happy TT,

    ~Xakara
    13 Geddes Pics

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  14. I really like number 5 from Shakespeare! Great 13!

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  15. Like your quotes, especially #8. I can hardly wait to get out in the garden dirt.
    The daffodils are pretty!

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  16. Spring is my favorite season but, unfortunately, we're heading into autumn down this end of the world.

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  17. These made me smile : )
    I love #8.

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