Community discussion: Spring on the horizon

I am in the minority. I live where it is warm and I love cold weather and short days. I am intolerant of the heat. I run hot. The first day of spring has always been my least favorite day of the year. I absolutely love fall and winter! Joy fills my soul when the time changes in the fall… that extra hour! I am happy for everyone who enjoys the change to spring. I’ll wave to you with my dorky neck fan on. 🤪

The plants and trees overflowing with flowers and fresh leaves and new growth. Colors bursting across the hills and along the sidewalks. How hardy plants can be! They remind me that I can be hardy as well 🙂

Easter is my favorite holiday my whole family dresses in one color and we celebrate Jesus resurrection!! i’m so excited

Meeting my son ❤️ (I give birth this spring 😬)

I am looking forward to walking my little dogs outside in warmer weather. Especially not having to climb over snow for them to potty!

My birthday (April), starting Culinary School

For it to be less dark

Hoping to be able to leave my apt more for nice walks

Walking outside

gardening barefoot !

I love how the air feels in the spring. I look forward to being outside longer and whatever I choose to plant in my garden boxes growing.🌷🌻

warmer weather

Warmer weather for sure! Because I have cute outfits that I can't wear in the cold 🥶.

Not having to see 15 foot tall snow piles everywhere I go

I’m excited for warmer weather and seeing fresh flowers blooming when I go outside 🥰

Easter

Family and friends coming over more.

Hiking! I do go for short hikes at the preserve in the winter, but spring weather is better for the nicer hikes.

Hummingbirds

Picking flowers for my room🌸

Watching my daughter do her first Easter egg hunt 🥹💓

Farmers markets

Longer days, more light, more warmth, going to the beach more ☀️

Going outside for walks, sitting on my deck, going to the park

Sunshine! I’m way up north and I’ve seen the sun once in the last month. I can’t wait for more.

End to cold & flu season. Contamination OCD anyone?

The flowers & the temperate weather. I love to go to the park & play badminton with my partner. It's nice when the grass isn't so wet & it's not too cold or hot :)

All the fresh fruits

Being able to go to the beach again!

Nicer weather so I can go for walks outside, longer days, and more sunshine before it gets too hot in the summer for my blood 😄

Sunshine! Flowers! The smells! The air! New babies for animals etc! Family time! Parks! Picnics! Camping! Fishing! Campfires! Beaches!

Driving with the windows down and smell of fresh cut grass!

Sunshine helps me soothe my soul. It can’t come soon enough

Long sunny days ☀️😎

All the flowers and green things blooming! As well as sunshine

More sunlight and blue skies! And longer days of course! Everything (life and my mental health) just feels so much better once spring hits!!💐🌷

Longer days. Staying outside longer

im excited for the good weather, to start getting active again, hopefully my mental health will improve because seasonal depression will be going away, and doing crafts!

The flowers are starting to appear

warmer weather!!! its been so so cold here lately :( I'm also excited cus my birthday is in the spring!

I want to garden!

I’m excited to go on walks outside again and lay in the sun like a lizard!

Everything!

… I live an artist life of creating and using plants with nature as a medium to create with… I have been working on a hedge project 3/4 of a acre in size for years now with it being a living reef 🪸 of nature for perspective… if you can consider visualizing different plant species that feed and coexist with symmetry but are not necessarily “ HOA approved “ symmetry …lol even more so not meant to be neurotypical in a Neighborhood setting. That’s what I’m striving towards and enjoying myself creating it. A straight up chaos gremlin to the core for neurotypical HOA Ken and Karen types. … that would be my hedge reef 🪸 project. I like to include permanent junk artifacts as life’s symbolism that will eventually be overcome with the plant growth process that occurs naturally in a living hedge reef 🪸 … as I blueprint mentally each year’s edition to the piece. It’s a talking piece that I enjoy conversations with friendly strangers that are curious about it and not judgmental because it’s not a cookie cutter landscaped privacy hedge. It’s a four season art project to me that I work on for three seasons a year physically and then mentally one season a year ( winter ) thinking about what I can do to help it thrive as a living art project. Birds , butterflies 🦋 and other pollinators are the benefactors of this work. I get to see them use what I’ve created. It’s my zin spot. … on topic , I’m excited about what I’ve collected seed wise and knowledge wise that I am going to be adding this spring once the last frost warnings are finished for the year. That is late April here where I am. I have had an apprentice helping me with labor and muse energy and enthusiasm for two years now. I’m excited to see their growth this year too pushing the envelope of creativity that is alive , not still artwork 🖼️.

The sunshine, I'm so ready 😭

The weather!!

Just more sun. I have learned a lot more this winter. I am learning more about not feeding my compulsions.

Beautiful colors Birds singing the sounds of early morning nature! Sunshine.

Vitamin D ☀️☀️☀️

I'm excited for more sunshine. We've gotten a preview of it this weekend where I live and it's been amazing. It's wild the effect natural light has on a person's mood! I always feel so much happier and more energetic on sunny days

Natural vitamin D! My OCD gets significantly worse in the wintertime and my OCD team theorizes that it might be made worse by a lack of vitamin D from it being dark and gloomy all the time

mah birthday’s in da spring🤙😮‍💨💯not a huge fan of the hay fever tho

Looking forward to beautiful weather and the good smells of spring

I love going for walks. The sun helps me heal from the inside out❤️

Warm weather, mental health walks to debrief, exercising outside, plants growing back, fruit season!!

The pool

Sunshine and flowers! ❤️✨️💐🐇

Sounds great

I kind of like winter more than spring but one thing I do look forward to is the roads around the state being clear. I work with children around the state and when winter weather is bad I can't go see my kiddos in person. I miss them all. Virtual isnt the same.

Warmer weather

Graduation!

Wearing less heavy clothes!

I’m looking forward to warm, not hot, days & just being able to be outside & having the sun out longer!

The sunshine ☀️

Playing outside with my dogs without any of us freezing!

I’m excited to go on vacation

Laying in the hammock under the tree. Buying plants on every week , even though I always kill them. 🌺

We have a little glimpse of spring today. It really feels like spring, sunny, warm, and looking at the flowers blooming on the trees. It makes me feel lighter and hopeful.

I just want to get out of the house without a coat on

Hopefully beating my favored video game silksong

The lighter days and more sunlight make me so much happier. It’ll be nice to do picnics/walks outside and start wearing all my favourite clothes!

My favorite season is between heating and air conditioning

Heading to the beach and enjoying the summer season!! I didn’t have a good summer last year due to ocd, but I want to make it a great season this year!!

oh you know whatever

Warm weather!!! It’s been such a cold and long winter, can’t wait to feel the sun on my skin in 60-70 degree weather again

I’m excited for a break. I have been SO busy it will be nice to have a break from all that stress

I much prefer the cold since I'm heat intolerant but I am extremely excited to not have to wear my winter boots anymore 😂

Weirdly I have survived winter without a depressive episode and now that its warming up my depression feels like its coming back. So thats kinda odd. But I am looking forward to spending more time outside in nice weather and starting a garden, this is my first spring owning a house and im going to plant my first flower and veggie garden in my own yard!

I’m looking forward to warmer weather, hearing more birds, and my flowers blooming.

Warmer weather. Colorful plants blooming. Better hiking and motorcycle weather (even though winter doesn't stop those activities for me entirely). Having the house open for fresh air. Spending time outside more with friends and family. You name it. Never much been a fan of winter even though I grew up in a place that has regular winter season.

Plant my flowers!

Getting outside more! I noticed the cherry blossom trees blooming and it’s already boosted my mood.

Spring Cleaning!

Being able to plant flowers!

Really not a thing, but I have hope and faith it will be a spring filled with love and happiness. My life and mind going back to normal after being manipulated and gaslit into insanity. In the words of one of the greatest visionaries of all time "another man has never witnessed the struggles I've survived" -2pac. They literally put me through hell and back and then illegally sent me to prison which just decimated my mental health, not to mention the mind games and heartbreak. But I've chose to begin praying for those who've hurt me and persecuted me. My mental health wins at times along with some corrupted officials but my God is bigger than them and these trials. Tribulation creates perseverance and which in turn produces character. I still have my flaws and vices but we all do, nobody was perfect except the Lord. It says when your ways pleases the Lord he makes even your enemies be at peace with you. We all are similar to Paul who had his thorn placed in his side, biblical scripture never specifically says what that thorn was but it very well could be mental health issues. An the Lord told him after praying for this thorn to be removed that God's grace is sufficient for when we are weak, we are strong. So when we are going through it, remember God answers prayers when they align within his will and he will even turn the bad into good for those who trust and love him. I hope everyone's prayers are being heard and just this morning I prayed for someone who asked me to this morning, if anyone needs a prayer just comment below. I pray on my knees every morning for anyone who needs it. Hopefully mine will soon be answered and I will have the finances to help and change lives, be reunited with my children and maybe finally meet this asian woman I keep hearing about lol. God bless all of you.

Starting my garden and longer walks with my dog

Letting the sun shine on my face and just listening to the birds singing.

Warmth and light in the world. Also getting to go outside with my speech therapy kids.

New setting. New love. New beginnings. Excited to embrace the uncertainty while navigating big changes!

looking forward to the warmer weather :) and the smell of flowers in the air

I’m looking forward to warm weather, sunshine, and new growth. I love spring time. One other thing I enjoy in the spring is the sound of spring peeper frogs. Sitting on the porch and listening to the frogs is really relaxing.

Cherry Blossom 🌸

The flowers blooming 🌺

Probably nicer weather, though I do like the cold.

My partners birthday!!! And my birthday is very soon and I’ll be getting a skate board in the spring!!

This I enjoyed so many good vibes and good times

Why does everyone like spring so much it’s overhyped

Being mentally physically and spiritually restored.

Hopefully losing weight

Spring and Summer are actually the worst time of year for me 😅 but this year I'm hoping things are better because of learning new skills through ERP.

I mean, kind of sucks that my grandmother’s funeral is the only reason we’re planning this trip. She raised me until I was 10, and recently finally passed after years of late-stage dementia. With her passing though, I have to go back home and will be taking my husband and our son with so everyone can finally meet them. We’ll be stopping for a short camping trip on the way to stargaze. Our son has been on an astronaut phase for a bit now and we are very excited to show him how beautiful it is to be outside. We’re taking extra days off that wasn’t originally planned to make sure we can actually take our time!

super intriguing❗@ocdpirate - Your brief intro peek to such an extensive, thoughtfully cultivated, intentionally curated, naturally replicating & expanding, ever-evolving, semi-supported sustainability project appears to ignite a passion in you to invite any & all lifeforms 🐣🐝🐞🌱🌼👫🐛🦋 to engage & delight in a multi-sensory experience ✨🙌 👏 My imagination was transported to curious springtime wonder. That's as close as I'll likely get for awhile in zone 4 snow country, where our garden's final frost falls in June.

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