----- Original Message ----- Subject: Naturalist Newsletter: Mar 22/ Natchez Spring temporarily issued from near Natchez, Mississippi NATCHEZ SPRING Busing north last week from Mexico I wasn’t sure how advanced spring would be when I got to Natchez here in southwestern Mississippi. At Brownsville in southernmost Texas the Mesquite, Sweet Acacia and Jerusalem-thorn were almost fully leafed out, and outside of town the cotton already stood ten inches high. At Houston and Baton Rouge trees were green with leaves half expanded or bursting from buds. Here near Natchez, however, a hundred miles inland from the moderating Gulf of Mexico, the leaf-buds of most trees are only beginning to burst, and most trees still look locked in winter. Friday morning as I jogged at dawn I understood why: After some 80° days earlier in the week, now white patches of frost puddled along the roadside. Still, spring is very much in the air here. Grass is green and azaleas, white irises, plum trees, Saucer Magnolias and Redbuds are flowering. Spring Peepers (tiny frogs) are peeping like crazy, and the titmice, cardinals and Northern Parulas (warblers) sing all day long. One day is warm and sunny, the next cold and rainy, and storms come and go. In other words, it’s a perfectly normal, old-fashioned spring in Natchez. I feel lucky to experience it. http://www.backyardnature.net/n/05/050322.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Ntf6vA/esnJAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com BiFem :) a bifem.net publication -------------------------------- Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem Chatoom: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem/chat Visit BiFemLounge our 24 hour chatroom at http://bifem.net Get a New Orleans Free Email account at http://bifem.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
