Spring: 1732 Zulu

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Le Printemps est arivé.

Spring is sprung

The grass is rize

The bird is on the wing ....

That's absurd

The wing is on the bird.

[Duke87 1,070]

And it's 71 degrees out today here.

(that's 21.67 Centigrade for you metric folks)

[Boggy1 45]

Really? I always assumed March 1st was the first day of Spring. The lambing started weeks ago, bluebells and flowers are blooming everywhere. The weather has changed dramatically. Certainly smells like Spring!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Yea 1st day of Spring

its 35F in Dalas today.

it was 78f yesterday.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: N_O_Body

Le Printemps est arivé.

Spring is sprung

The grass is rize

The bird is on the wing ....

That's absurd

The wing is on the bird.

quote>

I always hear it this way:

The Budding Bronx

Der spring is sprung

Der grass is riz

I wonder where dem boidies is?

Der little boids is on der wing,

Ain't dat absoid?

Der little wings is on de boid!

Originally posted by: Boggy1

Really? I always assumed March 1st was the first day of Spring. quote>

It's one of those meteorological things.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Meg

The Budding Bronx

Der spring is sprung

Der grass is riz

I wonder where dem boidies is?

Der little boids is on der wing,

Ain't dat absoid?

Der little wings is on de boid! quote>

You're about 30 years too late on that, Meg. People in The Bronx don't talk like that anymore.

It's one of those meteorological things.quote>

Astronomical, actually. It's about the position of the Earth in its orbit. Which is why you get not just a day but also a time of that day.

Originally posted by: Boggy1

The lambing started weeks ago, bluebells and flowers are blooming everywhere. The weather has changed dramatically. Certainly smells like Spring!quote>

Well, you guys have the Gulf Stream pointed at you. So you get shorter, milder winters. Flowers only started popping out of the ground in the past week here, and the trees haven't budded quite yet.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Duke87

You're about 30 years too late on that, Meg. People in The Bronx don't talk like that anymore. quote>

Actually, now that you mention it, it was 32 years ago that I heard it. 

[astronelson 339]

Remember, it's not spring everywhere. We here in the southern hemisphere are moving into autumn.

So happy Autumnal Equinox, for those in my hemisphere.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

This year March came in like a lamb.  After yesterdays dramatic drop in temperature and the ice storm my grass is all white again.  I guess that means March is going out like a lion.  Rowwr.

And for people everywhere, here come the equinoctal gales.

[Aontan 0]

The media here run stories about the "start of Spring" three times a year.

On the Irish calendar, it's 1 February (it places the equinoxes and solstices at the centre of the seasons, rather than the beginning - so midsummer falls on the summer solstice for example).

Meteorologically, it's 1 March.

Astronomically, it's ~21 March.

At least now we've got no confusion, it's definitely Spring! 

That said, the "signs" of Spring (animals, plants) have been going on for a few weeks here too, after an incredibly harsh winter (by our standards).

Roll on Summer 2010...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

And, as we all know, Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.  Do the antipodes have a different canonical calendar?

[astronelson 339]

No, we celebrate Easter on the same day as you. Just replace Vernal with Autumnal.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: astronelson

No, we celebrate Easter on the same day as you. Just replace Vernal with Autumnal.quote>

See what a sensible bunch the Aussies are?  The Brits deported some of their best people to the penal colonies, what?