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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared
I saw a robin (the bird kind) this morning while walking the dog. They used to be a harbinger of spring. It's only January 6, the ground is covered with snow and it's currently raining and creating floods. It must have got blown in on the hurricane force winds that we had a couple of days ago. Spring comes here earlier than most places in this country, but this bird is very premature in it's arrival and will have a long wait for mate I fear. Probably something to do with this global warming stuff.  |
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
The snowfall was really no surprise to anyone, though unpredicted, but its scent of burning balsa, and the air's subtle taste of ash and the half-remembered scorch of campfire marshmellows were the first hints, often remarked during the aftermath, that all was not right, mere hazy harbingers of the panic that began when the first soft flakes raised bitter blisters on bare skin and the upturned faces of children.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Harbringer of spring.....!? We see robins every day - does that mean anything - I wonder ..... 
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A lot of harbingering going on today.
