Springing Ahead in My City

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The calendar says the beginning of Spring is just a week and a half away.  Whether it LOOKS like Spring in your city or not, now is the time for anticipation.

Here's what we do 'round these here parts to anticipate:
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First we spring our clocks ahead one hour for Daylight Saving Time.

I did this mid-afternoon on Saturday so I could start getting psyched up to BELIEVE the time change.

Do you want to hear my whole soap box tirade about how we CAN'T save daylight and about how much I HATE changing our clocks in an attempt to achieve it?

No, I didn't think so, let's move on to pleasanter topics:
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Here in Central Wisconsin Lenten Fish Fries are also a sure harbinger of Spring.

We have Friday night fish fries year around - - - but during Lent we take these to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL with restaurants, churches, and organizations all offering their own variety.

Fisherhubby and I ate at this fry Friday night.  I had the $7 fry and added a lobster tail for a mere $10 more.  It was DELICIOUS but I forgot to take a picture of it.

Sorry.

Fisherhubby skipped right over the nice little $7 fish fry and went for the jugular - - - the most expensive Delmonico steak on the menu.  Eye yi yi yi, that boy.
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Speaking of fish, I ate one of these beauties from the land of the golden arches tonight.

This isn't a forerunner of Spring at all, nor is it a paid advertisement.  It is simply my own opinion spurred by the fact that we mentioned FISH.

NOBODY ON EARTH has better TARTar sauce than those little places under the golden arches.  Everywhere ELSE seems to think this stuff is called SWEETar sauce, to which I say YUCK.

I loved my fish at the Friday night fry, but it would have been WAY BETTER if I'd carried in a little pot of golden arches TARTar sauce 'cause I totally couldn't eat Lake Aire's SWEETar sauce.

But I digressed, back to the theme at hand:
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I also put a few touches of pre-spring into my house today.  Since Easter cometh directly AFTER the first day of Spring, I brought out this bunny-in-an-egg cookie jar.
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Next I took the football eggs out of my chicken basket and replaced them with resplendent ones wearing their Easter colours.

That's British for color, in case you wondered.
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I even found a few coloured eggs and tiny bird eggs for my swan dish on the dining room table.

Never fear, absolutely no swans, nor bird eggs, were harmed in any of these operations.
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Last but not least, I dragged out a Spring-friendly throw pillow to bedeck the little spare chair in the dining room.

If you look out the patio door, you will get a HINT about why I'm only showing you INTERIOR signs of Spring 'round here.

If I find one at a good price, I also hope to add a pot of tulips or some other happy Spring blooms to my decor.

These Springing Ahead touches are VERY IMPORTANT 'round my city and my home BECAUSE:
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This is what we've still got OUTSIDE.

True, it has warmed to the mid 30's or low 40's for a couple of hours on a couple of days - - - but it's gonna take a few days (weeks?) to melt all this snow especially since it's still dipping WELL below freezing at night.

However - - - the other day when it was about 35 degrees out, I DID spy one guy (not a teen either, he was a full blown adult male) out chipping huge ice chunks out of his driveway and ALL he had on his feet were sandals.  Nary a sock to his name.

I wouldn't kid you about a thing like that.

I can't even count the number of teens I've seen sporting shorts and no socks already - - - but then that started back when the high temperature for the day was about 10.

Not that I'm complaining about our snow, mind you - - - I believe I've made myself pretty clear on this blog in the past about how I feel about snow, no?

That's not to say I won't enjoy Spring when it gets here, but it's always a sad time to watch the snow melt away - - -  

Sigh.

Now, please join the Sundays in My City party to see what others are doing to Spring Ahead in THEIR cities all across blogland.
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Today I'm joining Unknown Mami

For Sundays in My City.
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My city is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Please hurry over to Unknown Mami's to see

What others are sharing from their cities.
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