tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post8769967835352075052..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: The Month of AprilJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-82472066733680229672017-04-07T09:59:32.176-04:002017-04-07T09:59:32.176-04:00Kait, I hope you can go next year. It's only f...Kait, I hope you can go next year. It's only for four days so maybe you can get away. Here in the north most of the spring breaks are earlier than the end of April or the first of May. A Florida conference would be within driving distance for you, I imagine.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-36612180624383551152017-04-06T19:55:03.173-04:002017-04-06T19:55:03.173-04:00I have my fingers crossed for Malice next year. Ap...I have my fingers crossed for Malice next year. April is a hard month for me to get vacation since so many of the people I work with have school age children and Malice often co-incides with spring break hear. I have seniority and can pull rank, but I would feel awful doing that. I am hopeful for two conferences next year. I want to try to attend at least one in Florida and one away. <br /><br />No magnolias here, at least none that I have seen. Daffodils. Oh, gorgeous and my favorites. Enjoy it for me and don't forget to share pictures.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60063900668664164812017-04-06T16:54:19.386-04:002017-04-06T16:54:19.386-04:00Thank you, Shari. We're supposed to get snow t...Thank you, Shari. We're supposed to get snow tonight. However, the daffodils seem to survive it. I love that picture of my daughter, too.<br /><br />KM, several times I've planted forsythia, and for some reason it never made it very long. I don't know why it doesn't. What a beautiful view that had to been. Everyone's daffodils around here were very stunted at first because of the weather - not so much the flowers but the stalks were shorter on most of them. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56997768729734792722017-04-06T15:52:09.528-04:002017-04-06T15:52:09.528-04:00We got the biggest snowfall of the year after the ...We got the biggest snowfall of the year after the daffodils had started to bloom. It did break some stalks (I have lots of daffodils blossoming nicely as they lay on the ground) but now the forsythia is out and the later daffodils are starting. Yesterday I was driving down a back road, and almost every property had a row of forsythia and hundreds of daffodils. It was spectacular.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50909551118598824882017-04-06T15:25:08.649-04:002017-04-06T15:25:08.649-04:00Gloria, I loved your poem. We did have snow on the...Gloria, I loved your poem. We did have snow on the daffodils :( I hope they make it. Nature is tough, so I'm hopeful.<br />I love the way everything is suddenly so green in April. And the pussy willows! I haven't thought of them in years. Pussy willows and forsythia always make spring so obvious.<br />Love Mary's picture - especially her daffodil yellow socks.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-59056841022605240092017-04-06T10:11:06.373-04:002017-04-06T10:11:06.373-04:00Margaret, it's been rather warm the last few d...Margaret, it's been rather warm the last few days, but tomorrow the last line of my poems is going to happen - snow on daffodils. <br /><br />Warren, that always uplifts the spirits, doesn't it. How can one not rejoice in each new<br />flower that blooms?<br /><br />Ann, that's one of the things I like about spring. I'm still hoping that someday I'll come back to England to visit you and to walk on those cliffs with you. I didn't realize pussy willows were native to England. I wonder if those in our country were brought over from England.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-63926999243849859832017-04-06T09:59:36.792-04:002017-04-06T09:59:36.792-04:00I love April. On the 2nd it was my husband Ryan...I love April. On the 2nd it was my husband Ryan's 60th birthday and I woke him up with his usual treat breakfast of scrambled eggs and asparagus. We had friends round for lunch and over indulged in lemon curd pavlova! <br /><br />It's just as well the weather is improving and we are getting out more for walks. Today it was warm enough to go out and walk on the cliffs without a jacket. <br /><br />It's years since I've seen pussy willows too, but they were a part of my childhood.Ann Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729843278653034798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-48091596649879878652017-04-06T09:52:53.932-04:002017-04-06T09:52:53.932-04:00Spring flowers are starting to show.Spring flowers are starting to show.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-78986527161708774342017-04-06T08:19:36.825-04:002017-04-06T08:19:36.825-04:00When I lived in northern Ohio, it would invariably...When I lived in northern Ohio, it would invariably snow on Palm Sunday. Enjoy your spring!Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-32734263271522619712017-04-06T08:06:48.663-04:002017-04-06T08:06:48.663-04:00Kait, my pussy willow tree is already full of thos...Kait, my pussy willow tree is already full of those little fuzzy things. I haven't seen the<br />bumble bees all over them yet like most years probably because I've heard bumble bees are in trouble and disappearing. I didn't mention that several of my magnolia trees - which I'm sure you have in Florida - already have flower buds ready to open soon. The last line in my poem ia coming true tomorrow - snow on daffodils. :-(<br /><br />I wish you could be going to Malice. Maybe next year?Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-78964394576529813152017-04-06T03:58:15.723-04:002017-04-06T03:58:15.723-04:00What a lovely post, Gloria. Sounds like you have a...What a lovely post, Gloria. Sounds like you have a busy April planned! <br /><br />I haven't seen pussy willows since I was a child. I'd forgotten about them.I think they must have a middle states range. Anyone know? We don't have them in Florida -- not this part at least and we don't have in them in Maine -- not the crown at least. I miss forsythia too. We do have those in my part of Maine, but not in this part of Florida. Those were my annual spring harbingers.<br /><br />Enjoy the month and have a great time at Malice. <br /><br />Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.com