Celebrating Spring

It is Spring, the birds are singing, the daffs are nodding their heads, the trees sway in the gentle breeze, the sky is  gently blue with white fluffy clouds, the first ladybird has ventured out, the lacewings are hovering and the bees are busy flitting from flower to flower to make honey. Sounds wonderful yes?

HAH! It may be Spring but the reality is one day of lovely blue skies, then rain, freezing cold wind, the type that bites when Mister Wind snakes his way around and finds every bit of exposed skin, the daffs are not swaying their pretty heads, they have decided they are either too shy, or the bloody cold wind decapitated them! And as for the birds! Birds do what they always do.

Yes friends, it may Spring down here in Terra Australis or "Downunder" but it doesn't make a bit of difference to the weather. Not until late October and then only for a bit here and there. The fact of the matter is (as Mary Poppins was wont to say), the fact of the matter is, spring in Melbourne is usually bloody cold and wet with cold strong winds.

Anyway just to remind me it IS spring, here's my favourite song to celebrate Spring.