tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109982.post115360324565895574..comments2023-03-26T01:25:37.588+11:00Comments on The Trad Pad: Australian SpringAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972285659958872775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109982.post-1153900092702554082006-07-26T17:48:00.000+10:002006-07-26T17:48:00.000+10:00Anni posted a blog the other day called "As giddy ...Anni posted a blog the other day called "As giddy as a baby on a swing" .<BR/>It turns out that this was a quote from a lyric from a Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical "State Fair". Here are the lyrics:<BR/><BR/>I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,<BR/>I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string;<BR/>I'd say that I had Spring fever,<BR/>But I know it isn't Spring.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I am starry-eyed and vaguely discontented,<BR/>Like a nightingale without a song to sing;<BR/>Oh, why should I have Spring fever,<BR/>When it isn't even Spring?<BR/><BR/><BR/>I keep wishing I were somewhere else,<BR/>Walking down a strange new street,<BR/>Hearing words that I have never heard<BR/>From a girl I've yet to meet.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams,<BR/>I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing;<BR/>I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud,<BR/>Or a robin on the wing,<BR/><BR/><BR/>But I feel so gay,<BR/>In a melancholy way,<BR/>That it might as well be Spring,<BR/>It might as well be Spring.<BR/><BR/>*****<BR/>I especially like the question:<BR/><B><I>Oh, why should I have Spring fever, When it isn't even Spring?</I></B>Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109982.post-1153899316814175462006-07-26T17:35:00.000+10:002006-07-26T17:35:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109982.post-1153792306020880032006-07-25T11:51:00.000+10:002006-07-25T11:51:00.000+10:00I am having a second attempt at a name for this in...I am having a second attempt at a name for this in-between season. How about: "Anticipation"?<BR/><BR/>The American lady Peony growers go crazy about this time of the season, and refer to the plants "poking their little pink noses through the soil".<BR/><BR/>Noses??? Come on ladies, you can do better than that! But it is always the <I><B>lady Peony growers</B></I> who start to comment on it (except for me, you'll observe!).<BR/><BR/>There is a certain shyness on my part about publicly giving this bud the most appropriate name, which would definitely be gynaecological.<BR/><BR/>I cannot post an image here, so I have to resort to inviting people to my own blog page, to see this "clitoral" image: http://peonyden.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>So, for all of these reasons, I like the term "Anticipation" for this season.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109982.post-1153656932267844672006-07-23T22:15:00.000+10:002006-07-23T22:15:00.000+10:00As soon as the Winter Solstice passes, and days st...As soon as the Winter Solstice passes, and days start to get longer, many things start to grow, (or bud, or flower). It is a huge seasonal divide, which is not noticeable to Eurocentric, and insulated, urbanites. I think country people (and gardeners) might be more in touch with this than true city folk.<BR/><BR/>But the plants and animals know all about it (it is breeding season for Wombats). Presumably the Aboriginals would have been in tune with this seasonal sense of anticipation (I believe there are many different names for "seasons" in the NT, for example. But I don't know about this in the southern states.<BR/><BR/>I cannot come up with an "appropriate" name, just now. But something like the "return". What about the Italian historical term: "risorgimento" (resurgence)- it sounds better in Italian. It actually encompasses the sense of recovery, and the sense of passion and urgency which turns into the frenetic burst of growth with which we are familiar in Spring.<BR/><BR/>The more I think about that name, the more I like it - "risorgimento".Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com