[Magdalen] Spring is sprung

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I learned it as:

Spring has sprung, And grass has riz'
Where last year's wreckless driver is.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Roger Stokes <r.s.stokes.65 at cantab.net>
wrote:

> Yesterday out walking with a group I saw on a grass bank snowdrops,
> daffodils and crocuses.  This brings to mind the verse
> Spring is spring, the grass is is
> I wonders where the birdies is.
> The bird is on the wing, they say, but that's absurd.
> How can the bird be on the wing when the wing is on the bird?
>
> Here is a report of more than a wing being on the bird.  It was a weasel
> on the bird which a photographer was able to snap.  I am glad to report
> that after bird and load had landed he walked towards them, the weasel
> dismounted (probably somewhat surprised by his flight) and the bird flew
> away.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446
>
> Roger
>