{"id":481,"date":"2011-02-28T06:56:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2011-02-28T06:56:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:56:28","slug":"balancing-on-the-thin-line-between-winter-and-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/28\/balancing-on-the-thin-line-between-winter-and-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing on the thin line between Winter and Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/24a-straddling-spring.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-482\" title=\"24a.straddling spring\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/24a-straddling-spring.jpg?resize=576%2C262\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a>I apologize in advance to all of you who do not live in the west and perhaps are not astride the winter\/spring teeter-totter.\u00a0 But here in beautiful Sonoma County spring, as I said in last week\u2019s blog post, has spoken through the little Adder Tongue and is most definitely in the air.\u00a0 Winter, however, was not quite ready to pack up and go home so last week gave us an arctic pinch that left us surrounded by snow-dusted hills.\u00a0 Locals drove up into the mountains above Geyserville for a rare chance at sledding and snowman building.\u00a0 People filled their trucks with snow and piled it in their front yards (I know, I know everywhere else you are cursing and shoveling the snow off the front path\u2026. again).\u00a0 Here we are surrounded by brilliant yellows singing a bold song of spring through the mustard in the fields, the daffodils along the path and acacia\u2019s beside the road.\u00a0 The pinks have begun to add their harmony as well with tulip trees, plums and quince all blooming.\u00a0 We are anxious for spring but still thrill at the thought of winter. 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