I felt a deep contentment listening to the meadowlark's complex melody as he sat on his bragging post calling for a mate, and the soft canorous whistle of the bobwhite as he whistled his name with intermittent lulls.
-- Donna R. La Plante, "Remember When: The prairie after a spring rain", Kansas City Star , March 16, 2003
I am ready for spring, wait, ready for that lovely time between spring and summer when the breeze is slightly warm and the nights are nice and cool. We have been teased here with lovely 80 degree days followed by random snow or rain storms. What gives? I hope it isn't suddenly 95 degrees and we miss all the lovely sprummer (spring/summer mix). As an ode to sprummer and all things flip-flop, here is my
"Top 20 (10 is sooooo limiting) Sprummer Songs" list:
20. "Scarlet Begonias" - The Grateful Dead
19. "I'll Be Waiting" - Adele
18. "Police and Thieves" - The Clash
17. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby Stills & Nash
16. "Forbidden Love-405" - Death Cab for Cutie
15. "Kingdom of Rust" - Doves
14. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - Louis Armstrong
13. "Down By the Seaside" - Led Zeppelin
12. "Wet and Rusting" - Menomena (Thanks Stacy!)
11. "Bowtie" - Outkast
10. "Foux du Fafa" - Flight of the Concords
9. "Lake Michigan" - Rogue Wave
8. "Beautiful" - G. Love featuring Tristan Prettyman
7. "This Must be the Place (Naive Meoldy)" - Talking Heads
6. "Come on Down" - The Kooks
5. "Blue Sky" - The Allman Brothers
4. "We Need Love" - Johnny Osbourne
3. "Macedonia" - Strength in Numbers
2. "Punky Reggae Party" - Bob Marley and The Wailers
1. "For the Summer" - Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
I can't wait to sit outside in the sun with a refreshing Phil Collins or a frosty beer and enjoy the songs of sprummer. Everyone should do the same.
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