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WEED IT AND WEEP



The Holy Grail has been found:  The Mueller Report is done!  But we can’t see it yet, so we don’t actually know what it says (and maybe never will).  Still, there’s one thing we do know:  There won’t be any more indictments from the Special Counsel’s Office.  Which seems like a pretty big deal.

But I’m not shedding any tears over that, because there’s something even bigger.  SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN BERLIN!  And you don't have to wait.  You can see it right now.
 
So buck up, buttercup!  No weeping, except willows, allowed. It’s Spring!
Keep it real!
Marilyn

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  1. NewYorkNeuKoellnMarch 23, 2019 at 7:31 PM

    I wanted to know if–– Oh, wait a sec! Aaachooo! Sorry. Spring allergies in Berlin. ... Uh ... I wanted to know if you took these photos?

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    1. MarilynMarch 24, 2019 at 10:57 AM

      I photographed all of the flowers in Volkspark; the magnolia, red branched bush, and the crab apple tree in the street adjacent to Rathaus Schöneberg; and the tulips in the median strip in Hauptstraße at Potsdamer Straße.

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  2. AnitaMarch 24, 2019 at 6:42 PM

    Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –
    When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
    Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
    Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
    The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing
    --Gerard Manley Hopkins

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  3. Walking in WelliesMarch 25, 2019 at 9:21 AM

    By the way....Walking in Wellies is Kim from Essex, UK via SF! Spring has sprung in Essex as well. Daffodils galore (rabbits don't eat daffs. They are poinsonous so that would be daft! :-)
    Tulips just opening and buds on trees and shrubs. But not the wisteria yet. Enjoy the beauty and the 'newness' of the season. Like you, I'm moving forward (although one of my governments seems very stalled these days...). Let the dorks work it out, I'm staying positive!

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    1. MarilynMarch 25, 2019 at 1:37 PM

      Your nom de plume didn't fool me for a NY minute! Thanks for the info on daffodils. I didn't know they are poisonous to animals. I'll have to keep my kitties away from them.

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