Spring brings lots of different kinds of weather for us. Yesterday was no exception. We have had a warmer than normal Winter and Spring thus far.
The flowers and tree buds have burst open due to the nice temperatures. Yesterday, I saw the first flower from the lily pads in the goldfish pond.
My older sister Charlotte came over the other day, we watched a huge bull frog enjoying the pond. We laughed while we reminisced about younger years at my grandparents house. We would row a boat and lean out amongst those lillies and catch big ole bull frogs. We weren’t afraid to put our hands into the midst of the lillies. Nor were afraid to grab the biggest frog around. We gathered them and had races with them across the lawn. Then my grandpa would try to delicately describe cleaning the frog by saying that he would “take their pants off”. After we accumlated enough frog legs….my sweet grandma would fry them up for us. I still remember seeing them jump in the frying pan as she cooked them. They were delicious.
It seems like yesterday and then again it seems like a life time ago. The years have ticked on and those days went by the wayside as we all got older. As I think about it now it seems rather weird that we would eat frogs. Actually, it is weird that I eat chicken nuggets that have been made into shapes. Now that is not normal.
Living in the country has brought me back to seeing the cycle of life. Even those chicken nuggets had to come from somewhere…before they were pressed and shaped. I have found it interesting that most kids have no idea where the food comes from. They think you just buy it….past that they don’t give it much thought.
The older generation that grew up living off the land knew a lot about a variety of things. For instance predicting the weather by using a Pig Spleen, or Wooly Bear Caterpillars or even a Persimmon Seed.
The Farmers Almanac has some very interesting things in it. Yes, there is a lot of Folk lore, but there is a lot of truth to watching the earth and the signs that it gives through nature.
We were told two different days this week by the weathermen, that it just might hail.
In the country, one might say…they are calling for a hail storm.
About dinner time it happened.
Billy took a short video of it.
It was small hail, but it came down hard and fast. The lawn and flower beds were white in just two or three minutes.
I scooped this off the back porch …… so interesting …….
It filled the flower pots up. Thankfully it was small enough not to beat them down very much.
The day lilies were pushed over some.
And these cyclamen, I was afraid would not fair well. However, they came through it standing…and this morning they look alright.
The yard looked as if a light snow had fallen.
Today, the air is really cool and crisp. It actually feels like Spring again. Like Spring should feel around this time of the month.
I am going to have to get a farmers almanac and start learning how to tell what the weather will be.
Meanwhile I am listening to the weathermen.
There calling for beautiful Easter weather! WOO HOO!
I've Gone Country 
Posted by Aunt Janet on April 6, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Love that you remember the frogs. Grandma and Grandpa would like that!
Posted by Joan Pelkey on April 18, 2012 at 2:06 pm
It’s hard to believe you caught frogs big enough to eat – then that you really ate them. I learn something new about you every time I read your blog. You had quite a hail storm – it really did look like snow from a distance.