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Do a New Thing for Spring - 2021 Anniversary Edition

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Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2021
11:34am, 20 Feb 2021
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This song came on my playlist as I was painting the hallway a bright colour, and I thought it was appropriate for this thread, especially after this winter:

Spring, by Ben Watt

https://youtu.be/XV306CHgst0


“You must have faith in spring”
Ness
Ness
Feb 2021
11:44am, 20 Feb 2021
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My Newt today was driving Mr Ness to our GP surgery for his Covid jab. He wanted me to drive in case he had a reaction to the jab. He’s fine at the moment. I’m getting him to make me a cuppa now. ;)
.B.
.B.
Feb 2021
11:57am, 20 Feb 2021
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We have pruned our crab apple tree for the first time. I’ve even taken some before pictures of the garden (empty except weeds and the tree) as I can feel a sorting the garden newt coming on. Only been here nearly 2.5 years! :)
DrPhleecingD
DrPhleecingD
Feb 2021
11:59am, 20 Feb 2021
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My newt today is buying lots of new plants at the garden centre, time to get some things established before it warms up!
I also bought sunflower seeds ready for the Bigleggy challenge :)
JEB
JEB
Feb 2021
12:01pm, 20 Feb 2021
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Short sleeved run for the first time this year. And I saw a ladybird as I was leaving the house. Spring is on its way 😀
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Feb 2021
12:12pm, 20 Feb 2021
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Can I join albeit a bit late?

If so my new thing today is I read the instructions on my yeast and discovered it needs to be activated prior to use - hoping today’s pizza dough appreciates my efforts (I have used a whole tin without realising it needed activating 😂)
The Great Raemondo
The Great Raemondo
Feb 2021
12:41pm, 20 Feb 2021
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I have a friend called Elaine. She's younger than me, and Irish, and very very lovely.

My newt today is that I finally used the cones and skipping rope (and the new ladder thing that arrived on Thursday) to do circuits in a park with a friend from rugby this morning, and this afternoon I think I'm going to plant up some bulbs in pots to brighten up the garden. It'll be a while before the heavy landscaping is done and we can get it all looking pretty, but no reason we can't have some colour in the meanwhile.
WA
WA
Feb 2021
1:07pm, 20 Feb 2021
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I know a couple of Eileens, but can't think of any Elaines
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Feb 2021
1:13pm, 20 Feb 2021
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Always good to read the instructions, gg ;-)

No newts for me yesterday but today I'm working on one of my slightly longer-term ones. I've never got past the 2nd round on the WSW Multimatch so this will be my goal for next week. Before then I actually need to claim enough squares to get me *into* the 2nd round! So I'm off for a long walk and I have a list of the streets I need to go down to get lots of squares. There'll be a fair bit of back-tracking and it'll be pretty boring. Wish me luck! :-)
bja61
bja61
Feb 2021
1:46pm, 20 Feb 2021
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My Newt for today is a visit to a community centre in a neighbouring village so that Mrs a61 can have her COVID jab. I wasn’t allowed in with her so she’s brandishing her white signal stick and heaven help anyone who gets between her and the door in this rain! We now have a gentle wager on whether I’ll get my first jab before she gets her second!

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starblackheartstar The sixth running of Do a New Thing for Spring starblackheartstar

Lent has a special and specific meaning to Christians but has become an secular season of denial and hair shirting that serves no positve purpose. No chocolate, no booze, no -er - other stuff.

Why not treat the build up to Easter - as a chance to celebrate and embrace NEW THINGS - that's what spring is about after all.

The first few pages of the thread give more ideas.
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