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Sperryville
By SALLY KEYSER
987-8471
gone by morning.
With the rain we have gotten this week, you can see the grass turning green. This means grass mowing is fast approaching. The flowers are showing themselves and the early ones are blooming.
Spring officially comes in on March 20. This means the sun crossed the equator making the days and nights of equal length.
Saint Patrick’s Day was always the day to plant potatoes, peas and onions. Garden work begins when a lump of soil squeezed in the hand is dry enough to fall apart slowly. This year we seem to be on time. The soil has worked up nicely.
I don’t know if you remember, but on the day of equinox, you can take an egg at room temperature and it will stand on its end. This is because the yoke will go to the middle of the egg and equalize it.
Another sure sign of spring is when you hear the frogs hollowing. They really sing at night and it is such a good sound to hear. I never hear them that I don’t have a wonderful memory about one of my best friends. When winter was over and spring was approaching, and the frogs started hollowing, my mother would let me go home with my best friend from school and spend the night.
As I $at on the front porch last night and heard them they are still a special sound to me. We spent so many happy times together and I have so many wonderful memories of her. She is at rest now, but she will always hold a “special” place in my heart, especially every spring when I hear the frogs hollow. Grace, I’ll always love you and miss you.
You can find any kind of plant at many stores and nurseries now, but this was not always true. When I was
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