[Magdalen] Spring comes to the Vineyard

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 20:50:25 UTC 2019


My  next door neighbor in Tennessee built a pond. For years they had
peepers. I loved them. The pond is filled in now, I noticed on my last
visit down there. :(

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 4:37 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I was little, Mom used to hand out blankets and drive us around the
> seacoast area, windows rolled down, in the spring dark. Whenever she heard
> peepers, she'd pull off the road and we'd sit under the spell, listening.
> We did this every year.
>
> And I still do. Have done this all my life.
> Weird, I guess, but I just love to listen to them.
> The gf says they sound just like jinglebells.
>
> We plan to do our annual peeper run early this year.
> But I've heard them as late as Mother's Day.
> -M
>
>
> On Monday, March 18, 2019, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What an absolutely wonderful word! “Peepers” sounds so pedestrian by
> > comparison!
> >
> >
>


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