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GentlewoodFarms
February 20, 2018

Signs of Spring

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Ok, so I know it's only February, but the signs are there and obvious for anyone who is looking for them. And I am ALWAYS looking for them.

Spring officially starts for me when my horses begin blowing their winter hair coats. As the days get longer, their brains trigger their hormone systems to start prepping for the warm days ahead, and they start shedding their winter downy under coats. They spend most of their time rolling, leaving huge piles of hair in the pastures for the birds to use in nest building. And when I get ready for a riding lesson, they gift me with mounds of hair in the curry combs and brushes that I use for grooming.

The dandelions and floral weeds arrive shortly after, followed by the swelling buds on the trees.

And it would not be Oklahoma if spring didn't bring along with it an obsession with the radar. Oklahoma always has incredible weather fluctuations, and in fact the 70 and 80 degree temps of the past two days yielded way to a big ice storm this morning, closing schools, libraries, and government offices.

Yep. Spring is definitely on the way, but winter is a little reluctant to relax her grip just yet.

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For the Monthly Sketch Challenge, Sketch #4
Also for the 5 ingredients - more than 1 photo, triangles, hearts, butterflies, and an embellishment cluster (butterfly, doiley, leaves, and hearts at the top).
Also Week 8 of my 2018 Project 52 album.

I've had a nicely productive month so far. Not too much, but something every week, so I'm pretty happy with that.

Papers are all from Paper Loft's Morning Rain collection - which is OLD old OLD old old. The stripe is something different ... but I'm not sure what. There wasn't an ID strip, so I don't know the manufacturer. It had glitter on the back side, but the stripes worked for what I needed here, so the glittery flourish paper is just a pretty memory now. Well, except for the nice size pieces in my leftovers box.


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