Monday, April 17, 2006

Seven Signs of Spring Not Found in Suburbia

1. ROOSTERS. Crowing early. I mean, eeearly. We've hit 4 a.m. folks!

2. STORKS. Not just a ficticious bringer of babies. Their graceful circles and swoops scream SPRING to me now.

3. INFANT LAMBS. Nothing makes a walk home from school better than watching some of these little guys tumbling around a garden. I try to forget that they will evenually be slaughtered for Easter dinner...

4. CLOTHES OUTSIDE drying in less than 4 days. No more sopping carpets for me. There was a time in Suburbia when this would have been a sign of spring, but now not so much.

5. CLEANer AIR that is not filled with the smoke of burning garbage cans and woodstoves.

6. HOMELESS ANIMAL SEX. Loud, often violent-sounding, at all times of the day and night. Females dogs and cats sure don't like it...

7. THE EXODUS of school kids after classes to work in their parents' garden. Gardens are not for show here. They are for basic food needs.

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