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Il mio mese / My month

Sento Marzo come il mio mese per diverse ragioni. La prima, la più scontata, se vogliamo, è il mio compleanno, che cade tra 7 giorni esatti, il 21, il giorno dell'equinozio di primavera. Gli altri motivi sono meno ovvi per chi non mi conosce, ma io mi rispecchio nell'imprevedibilità e nella variabilità del mese matto per eccellenza, caratterizzato dal contrasto tra i freddi ancora duri dell'inverno e il tepore della rinascita che preannuncia la primavera. Qui sui miei monti poco più di una settimana fa nevicava abbondantemente, mentre da un paio di giorni un caldo esagerato per la stagione sta facendo la gioia delle piantine, che crescono a vista d'occhio. Questi sono i piccoli crochi che avevo piantato più o meno un anno fa, che stamattina mi hanno salutata così... 
Buon weekend e una buona seconda metà di Marzo, con la speranza che la follia di questo mese vi porti tante idee originali e tanta voglia di creare...

I feel March as my month for various reasons. The first one, probably the most obvious, is my birthday, which takes place in 7 days, on the 21st, the day of the Spring Equinox. Other reasons are less evident to those who don't know me, but I have a feeling with the crazy month's unpredictability and variability. March is torn between Winter's cold and rebirth's warmth, announcing the coming of Spring. Here on my mountains just about 10 days ago it was snowing heaviliy, while from a couple of days we're experiencing out of season high temperatures, to the plants' happiness. These are the small crocuses I planted about a year ago wishing me a nice day this morning...
I wish you all a great weekend and second half of March, hoping this month's madness brings you many original ideas and a lot of creativity...


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  1. ...ma le foto dei crochi sono tutte luminose??!! anche da Cinzia e in altri blog ho visto foto di questi fiori molto luminose....Anche a me Marzo non dispiace ....però a pensarci bene ..mi piacciono tutti i mesi, i giorni........nonna a marzo mi diceva questa filastrocca -marzo pazzerello se vai a spasso portati l'ombrello---Buona giornata

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  2. What a wonderful day for a birthday!! Mine is barely after Samhain, on 2nd November ;-). The crocuses on your photo are great, so bright colors in the sunshine! Have a beautiful spring weekend :-)
    Nata

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  3. Sei nata il 21 a primavera come la poetessa Alda Merini...Un giorno bellissimo!Vedo che anche dalle tue parti però la primavera sta bussando...bellissimi i colori dei tuoi fiori...

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