Spring fever - love is in the air, Spring is everywhere (Elvis)

Spring's emergence at Maple Grove 2025

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Spring at Maple Grove. 

While I've been resting up during the week (see this Baggy Trousers' post for details) I've had enough mindfulness to notice the gradual changing of the season (winter into spring in the southern hemisphere).

The days are getting noticeably longer, the lambs and daffodils are kicking into gear, and the blossom is emerging on the plum trees at Maple Grove.

As well as all that, the WTW Music Club has continued to build their 'Spring in their steps' playlist quietly in the background. Sixty songs, so far, to accompany the emergence of spring.

You're welcome.

Love and peace - Wozza

I'm a daaaay person (Elaine Benes)

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Spring is coming. To prepare for that seasonal change in September, the three amigos are collaborating on a Spotify playlist (you can find it here).

The basic idea being we are celebrating the arrival of spring. That season is usually associated with increased energy, optimism, happiness, well-being, hope, and a sense of renewal (rebirth). Nice huh. As Laney says, "I'm a daaay person", who happens to like The Sunny Side of the Street. In short Here Comes the Sun!

It's been fun researching the 30 songs that I want to contribute to the playlist. They tend to be happy earworms that I end up singing all day long. Like Bruno Mars' The Lazy Song: all day long I walk around singing Today I don't feel like doing anything.

So, if, like me, you live in this Wonderful World, having a Wonderful Life on a Beautiful Day, you may also want to be further Lifted by songs of Hope and Good Vibrations. 

Love and peace, sunshine and rainbows, and hosts of golden daffodils - Wozza

Memory and desire, stirring (T. S. Eliot)

I was going to call this my three favourite spring movie scenes but I can't actually think of any others and only one of these is REALLY about spring and rebirth (no prizes for guessing which one). 

So here are the only three films featuring spring that I have actually seen (there are others obviously but...yup - I haven't seen them):

1 Spring, summer, fall, winter...spring

 

2 Big Fish



3 Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid



I'm pretty sure that's spring - loads of blooms and flimsy dresses. If it's not - it should be!

Love and peace - Wozza