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'I'M SOLAR-POWERED,' SHE SAID

4/13/2018

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Like flipping a switch, dark to light, I saw central Indiana go from winter to spring yesterday. On a warm but windy day, I witnessed the change when I stopped at the grocery store after work.

I couldn’t get through the entrance without noticing the change. There, bringing color, refreshment and, yes, spring, were flats of annuals. Vibrant purples, reds, yellows and oranges abounded. After a winter and early spring of browns, grays with the occasional white dusting on top, this moment could have been inside a botanical garden, but no, it was only Kroger.

Still. I’ll take one of each. Oh wait, no I won’t. But I wanted to as the frail-looking, but deceptively hardy pansies danced in the breeze.

This morning I got up to go to Weight Watchers, sliding into my spongy flip flops until I got ready to leave. By then, I realized that yes, something had changed, and I could wear them out! Never mind that I haven’t gotten around to painting my toenails yet in 2018. I was in flip flops and not freezing. And I will continue wearing them until one October day when I realize that it’s time for socks and soles with leather uppers.

The sun shone, there was a loss on the scales (best news of the day) and I greeted a snowbird from my church who is back. We chatted about the day and the sunshine. I mentioned the wind. She wasn’t fazed, the sunshine overriding any such inconvenience. “I’m solar powered,” she beamed.

Also in the course of getting ready to leave the house this morning, I got a call on my cell phone from a reader with a story idea, and an instant message from another with information about a story idea of her own.

So it’s not just me. Midwesterners, tired of the late snows, the winter coats still on the racks by their doors rather than swathed in dry-cleaner bags for the summer, are coming back to life! As I type this, I hear roofers down the street working on a house. Last night as I pulled into our neighborhood, there was the delicious, distinctive scent of newly mown grass, an Irish green right now from all the moisture.

Sometimes spring comes late to these parts. But it’s here. It’s finally here.

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Betty Greenwood
4/14/2018 12:17:59 pm

You have my information, just wanted to tell you how you bring Spring alive with the burst of new flowers, the birds, baby bunnies and chicks. The color is so invigorating that we find new energy.

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Donna Cronk
4/15/2018 10:06:07 am

Hi Betty,
I'm sure in Illinois you ad Eldon are as ready for spring (not just on the calendar but in temperatures and sunshine) as we are in Indiana. Thanks for the comment!

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Debbie M. link
4/15/2018 06:04:41 am

I so want to believe that spring is here to stay!!! By the way, I love that phrase, "I am solar-powered!" We all could use some more sunshine!

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Donna Cronk
4/15/2018 10:07:10 am

Debbie,
Yes, the phrase (obviously) stuck with me too! I will be using the phrase from now on.

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