Last night I opened an email from Katherine: See what I found in my yard TODAY. There are a dozen or more coming up!
Spring fever’s bustin’ out all over the place, and I’m pretty sure it’s catching. I know I have a bad case myself . . .
Posted in: Letters from Katherine
Torch Lake Views 
Carsten
March 17, 2010
Of all diseases, spring fever is probably the most welcome.
Gerry
March 17, 2010
Yes indeed. Although it can make us unreasonably giddy.
Carsten
March 17, 2010
I’ve given up. I can’t translate ‘giddy’. Neither giiid.
-But I know how spring fever can distort the internal age so it doesn’t match the civil registration number 🙂
Gerry
March 17, 2010
Carsten, the way you and giid use the language delights me! I makes me almost . . . giddy. Lightheaded and dizzy, as if I might fall down the rabbit hole and find myself in Wonderland. Lighthearted and optimistic, as if it were not going to snow this weekend. Silly and giggly and irrepressible, as if my internal age had told my civil registration number to get over itself.
Carsten
March 17, 2010
Thanks Gerry.
Now I know what ‘giddy’ means.
Maybe I should go and see Alice and get dizzy in Wonderland.
When it comes to expressing ourselves in foreign language, I really need more words than I can remember. If I just could, I’d write how much it meant to me when you wrote and gave me support…
Remember to let those numbers live a life for themselves. And let your self live your life as if spring fever is chronic.
Gerry
March 17, 2010
I think that’s remarkably good advice. And I am glad that you could feel the support from here (and New York and Switzerland and . . . all over, Carsten. You have many friends.)
jeanne gainey
March 17, 2010
Are they still using the “s” word for this weekend?
Gerry
March 17, 2010
Well, um, yes–although I prefer to think of it as “precipitation.” We shall see, we shall see. Michigan in March.
Cindy Lou
March 17, 2010
Wow….the fever has rapidly spread over the Mighty Mac and infested the far northern reaches of our fair state! If there is a cure, DON’T sign me up for it!
Gerry
March 17, 2010
It’s probably an invasive species.
p.j. grath
March 17, 2010
Exactly what I was waiting for from you, Gerry! What did I see this morning? First wet-looking, red-green leaves of Virginia creeper. Orange poppies are blooming at the library at Weeki Wachee. I must get a shot of them….
Gerry
March 17, 2010
I love orange poppies. They make me giddy.
isathreadsoflife
March 18, 2010
Just drinking coffee after lunch and sitting at Gerry’s. What a nice place to look at places both far and close, to chat and smile and learn more English vocabulary 😉 Spring fever has spread over here too, no such beautiful crocus as yours but snowdrops are dancing in the light breeze. Yes, there is something in the air…
Gerry
March 18, 2010
Snowdrops! I had a patch of those in my yard in Detroit. Must get in touch with Megan and Grant to see if the snowdrops bloomed this year.
It’s nice to have coffee with you, Isabelle. OK, I’m staggering around clutching my first cup of morning coffee while you’re relaxing after lunch, but still . . .
Anna Surface
March 18, 2010
How lovely and delicate. And How I would love to see the spring flowers peep-up. No flowers yet pushing through the cold earth. We’re in for a touch of snow and cold Friday night into Saturday then back to a warm up. March Madness, I say. 🙂
Gerry
March 18, 2010
The s@#* word has been mentioned in our forecasts, too, with the same promise of following warmup. I am counting on the crocuses to be hardy enough for a little dusting.