Glibby Gloop Gloopy?
The sunrise this morning was spectacular. Seemed like there had to be a big fire somewhere downtown to light up the sky that bright. Of course, there was no fire.Seeing the sunrise put a song into my head, as so many things do. This is the song that has been rolling through my mind all day as a result. I always sing it as if the lyrics were "Good morning, sunshine," even though I know it is supposed to be starshine.
When I heard it as a kid, I guess it didn't make sense to me to be saying good morning to the stars because to me the stars were out in the night time not in the morning, so I always sang it as if I were saying good morning to the sun. I was a rebel, apparently, even at the age of ten when this song was new.
Good Morning Starshine
lyrics
Lyrics | Oliver - Good Morning Starshine lyrics
"Glibby gloop gloopy Nibby Nabby Noopy La La La Lo Lo
Sabba Sibby Sabba Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo
Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba"???????
As songs go, the lyrics aren't exactly "stellar" are they? HA!
Some of them have been nipped by the cold air and have turned yellow. It is only 24 degrees here and that was the high for today.
Some other kind of early flower is poking up in the bed too. This is not a daffodil, but I'm not sure what it is. I don't remember what was planted there.
Another sign of spring is that the local ice cream store has reopened for business for the season. This is a fairly new establishment. It was open last year, but I had never visited there. There is another one like this owned by this same person in a nearby town.
In front of the building and out back are some picnic tables, but it is much too cold to be sitting out there eating ice cream today.
This ice cream stand is between my house and the rehabilitation facility where my mother is, so after visiting her this morning, I stopped at the stand to pick up some lunch and bring it home. I thought I would give it a try since I had never been there before. I bought a creamed chicken sandwich and a flurry with Reese's peanut butter cups chopped in it. I took it back home to eat it there.
Max (the moocher) is waiting and hovering around my feet hoping I will consider sharing my chicken sandwich with him. (Yes, I gave him a couple of bites.)
There have been a couple of other signs of spring around. Although I didn't get a picture of it, I saw the first robin today, which in this area is an indication that warmer weather will be here soon.
Another, less welcome, sign of spring has also arrived. In the past week we have had several days of heavy rains which have caused quite a bit of flooding in the area. There are several roads closed and many fields under water in our county. It seems this happens every spring because first the snow melts, then we get rain on top of it, and the ground is still too frozen to absorb the water fast enough. We have had water in our basement the last couple of days which we have been battling with mops and towels and fans and so forth.
When my sons were small, they had this video on tape and we got in the habit of playing it every year when we had grown winter weary and were ready for spring to arrive. Although I have posted this here before, I think it is time to post it again. Jeepers Creepers! Time for spring, I say!
