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02/03/2010, 17:11 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 2,103 Spring springing???????????? Heard a woodpecker yesterday and today we had a Red Admiral, a bumbling bee and what looked like a miner bee in the garden within 15 mins of each other - fringers crossed, it may be spring springing.  Tony F Dordogne (24)    Report

02/03/2010, 17:16 Mr Coeur de Lion Joined on 01/05/2005 In the middle of nowhere (36) Posts 2,556 Re: Spring springing???????????? Hope so, this has been the worst winter in my life.    Report

02/03/2010, 17:24 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 6,754 Re: Spring springing???????????? Yes, but the BEST spring, Richard, chin up! Tony, for sure:  short sleeved thermal vest instead of long-sleeved, no more long johns, pair of jeans, walking dog BEFORE instead of AFTER breakfast (cos it'll be too warm), paraffin heater in the hall only on after dark, still light now and Mme la Voisine has been spotted WITHOUT her anorak! Yeah, yeah, yeah, spring's on its wa....aaayyyyy!    Report

02/03/2010, 18:54 Dog Joined on 24/08/2004 Lost in France Posts 2,593 Re: Spring springing???????????? Shorts and T shirts here today and 4 hours kite flying. Owls hooting in the woods all day, lizards out and about, daffodils about to open. Wood peckers have been about for the last few months. Spiders are busy as flying web caught all over kites. Meteo shows a backslip now though and some minus temperatures at night. Espouse elucidation and eschew obfuscation!    Report

02/03/2010, 20:05 Gardian Joined on 15/02/2006 Gard Posts 2,003 Re: Spring springing???????????? Was furtling around my potager this afternoon, and the geckos were running! Great things, they are. They look at me as though I shouldn't be there. Everything budding like hell.       Report

02/03/2010, 21:46 NormanH Joined on 10/04/2008 Posts 1,967 Re: Spring springing???????????? But you are all 6 weeks late! My first outside lunch on a restaurant terrace , wearing just a cardigan over a short sleeved shirt ( apart from trousers etc !!= ) was as often in  January..    Report

02/03/2010, 22:00 Gardian Joined on 15/02/2006 Gard Posts 2,003 Re: Spring springing???????????? Yeh, yeh - it's fine for city slickers like you to talk about lunching al fresco in January. We too, were in Montpellier a month ago & were able to eat outside comfortably. Were there again yesterday & it was decidedly parky - opted for inside like everybody else. No, we're talking about the real countryside here Norman, unlike a townie like you.     Report

03/03/2010, 5:07 gardengirl Joined on 30/09/2007 SE UK/Gard Posts 1,246 Re: Spring springing???????????? It's been warm and sunny the past few days, around 16 degrees, had the awning out, sat out for lunch several days. Yesterday we had a short walk in the valley of the Eure, starting by the spring that supplied water via the Pont du Gard aqueduct to Nimes. It was so lovely, birds chirping away, ducks quacking, people just soaking it all up while looking at remains of the aqueduct along their path. Bliss! My son in UK sent an email yesterday to say March has brought spring-like weather there too, after such a wet, snowy, bitter February. We reurn there in a few days for a couple of weeks; hope it lasts! Good friends are like stars ...... you don't always see them, but you know they're always there.    Report

03/03/2010, 8:52 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 990 Re: Spring springing???????????? Yes, GG We have had a couple of sunny days and the snowdrops and crocus flowers are in bloom here and the daffodils in bud. Mind you we are in the southern half of the U.K. it's still wintry up north. Cendrillon    Report

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