Wednesday 1 March 2023

March 1st

 Winter has been put in the cupboard.

Spring is on the shelf with the March plate having it's first outing. At first I could only find the two Beswick birds, then remembered the hare usually sits here for March ( the rest of the time he is on the other bookshelves), it still looked a little bare so after a bit of thinking I remembered the Flower Fairy book from the children's book shelves.....that'll do.




There are so many weather sayings in March. The time when farmers would have started to sow and prepare for the years growing they would be eager to have an idea of what the weather held for their crops.

 A peck of dust in March is worth a kings ransom

So many fogs in March, so many frosts in May 

A dry and cold March never begs for bread


These are the first lines of John Clare's Shepherd's Calendar for March

March month of many weathers wildly comes
In hail or snow and rain and threatening hums
And floods: while often at his cottage door
The shepherd stands to hear the distant roar
Loosed from the rushing mills and river locks

The long range forecast for the second half of March here says

"Confidence becomes very low for this period. However, the preferred scenario is that blocking high pressure will remain mostly dominant, increasing the probability of colder conditions compared to average. Spells of rain are more likely than of late, especially at first, with a chance of snow in some areas. Some wintry episodes may be disruptive due to the potential combination of snow and strong winds"

1st .......St David's Day and the first day of meteorological spring

Upon St David's Day
Put oats and barley in the clay

17th...........St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day, the warm side of a stone turns up,
and the broad-back goose begins to lay.  (??)

19th Fourth Sunday in Lent ........Mothering Sunday

20th........ Vernal Equinox, the start of Astronomical spring and the pagan celebration of Ostara

If a storm arises from the east on or before the spring equinox
or if a storm arise from any point of the compass about one week after the spring equinox
the summer is generally dry four out of five times.


25th..........Lady Day
 
An East wind on Lady Day
Will keep on till the end of May

26th.............Clocks Spring Forward for British Summer Time and it's Boat Race Day


Happy St David's Day to all my blog readers in or from Wales or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus!

Back Tomorrow
Sue


30 comments:

  1. Spring is coming, not here yet on the Canadian Prairies, but hopefully very soon.

    God bless.

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    1. We haven't really had a proper winter yet so it might be a cold March

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  2. I love that plate.

    I really enjoy these posts. March to me means that an end to winter is in sight! It's not over yet and not a lot will be growing, but Spring will be coming!

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    1. All the Months of the Year plates have now been out - so it's a year since I bought them!

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  3. Lovely display and lovely that spring is just around the corner
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. Hopefully if we get a spell of cold it wont last long

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  4. I'm not familiar with many of thoses sayings. Your Spring display is perfect.

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    1. Some weird sayings found in my books this time

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  5. March: "In like a lion. Out like a lamb".

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  6. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
    Happy Saint David's Day

    Deb in Wales

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  7. March feels a lot more spring like than February, which always seems to be the clawed hands of winter hanging on. There is a little green in the hedgerows locally, but it is just the small wild gooseberry bushes. I need some green now. Happy St David's day - at least there are Daffodils in flower for the children to take one each to school, as mine used to.

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    1. The Daffodils up the road on the bank by the church are now coming out looking lovely - the few in my garden are well behind. Think it's time for flowers when I go shopping this week

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  8. With the lighter nights and mornings, blue skies it does feel as if spring has arrived, but as soon as you go outside it's bitter, March has a habit of dropping snow on us along the south coast, so no gardening yet. Hubby is Welsh, so it's a special day here.

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    1. We get snow in March sometimes too - it might happen this year. Enjoy your special Welsh day

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  9. WintersEndRambler1 March 2023 at 11:01

    I wonder if Winter has truly left us though. Today it seems iron cold here. x

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  10. Happy St David's Dy to you too Sue. March here has really not come in as a lion or a lamb. It is chilly with showers and sun at short intervals.

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    1. No lion or lamb here either, just grey and chilly

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  11. Lovely display! Catriona

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  12. I really like your display, Sue. March is coming in like a lamb here today - sunny and warmer than usual. I expect we may see colder weather yet before Spring gets here...

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  13. I was at a thrift store the other day and saw a stack of plates. I was so excited. I thought they were like your collection of plates.Alas, they were all 'fall' scenes. But I love those plates.

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  14. Your March display is lovely showing Spring birds and flowers blooming. "Beware the ides of March," as said by Shakespeare. If only my March looked like your display! Snow is everywhere with some ice. At least the sun is shining this morning and the ice/snow is sparkling.

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  15. Oh dear, that means it is Autumn here! And this morning we have thick fog, so typical of autumn. I don't really mind, because I normally like the autumn season - only this year we have had no summer and the thought of winter coming is a bit lowering. But it is what it is. Enjoy your Spring :)

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  16. I really do love your seasonal shelf - it's so pretty and celebratory.
    I hope we don't get snow but, even round here, the BBC is predicting a bit. Fingers crossed. xx

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  17. I enjoy seeing your seasonal decorations. I need to change mine as well. We will have people at our house for dinner next week so there needs a bit of clearing out items and spring items. It is still chilly here. We did have a bit of snow in the morning on Tuesday but it went away late morning. We were able to go on a walk this afternoon after husband got home from work. Not been on a walk for almost a week but it did feel good to walk again! Have a blessed week!!!

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  18. It's lovely to think that Spring is on it's way, and I have daffodils in the garden and in a jug on the shelf to prove it.
    Although on the weather forecast on the BBC last night they warned of very cold weather coming back next week, so I'm holding off on the seed sowing for a couple more weeks.

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  19. I am grateful for the enthusiasm and knowledge the author has for different topics, and for sharing them with us.

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