Today, according to my west coast brother, is "Frog Jumping Day." I haven't actually seen any frogs jumping today, but it was raining hard enough a while ago that I wouldn't have been surprised.
Jumping does make me think of spring though, and one particular memory. When we lived in south eastern Ohio we lived on a three acre country lot with a horse barn and fenced pasture. One sunny early spring morning I looked from my kitchen window toward the pasture. Just beyond the fence I saw at least twenty bunnies leaping and jumping into the air. I really didn't know that rabbits could jump straight up but they did. This show went on for several minutes and they all looked like they were having a wonderful time. Maybe they got into some catnip (I'm told it works on rabbits) or maybe they were just exuberantly enjoying spring.
Whatever the cause, when spring rolls around, as it has now, I remember the jumping bunnies. Hooray for spring!!!!
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